Mvumi School Trust

Thanks to Julia Bengough and her two graduate volunteers DCT Mvumi Secondary School has begun new programme offering an English Language crash course to new entrants to the school.

Most students entering the school in Form 1 from primary schools in the Mvumi area have a limited command of the English language. This is not surprising since they will either speak the local language, Gogo, or the national language, Kiswahili, in the home and are taught in Kiswahili in their primary school. Some English is taught in primary school but classes are large and the teaching rudimentary. The state requires secondary education in Tanzania to be taught in English so a lack of English can be quite a draw back to progress. This autumn Mvumi School Trust is funding a scheme to provide an intensive English course to 80 successful young student applicants before they start their education at Mvumi Secondary School in Form 1 in January 2012. We welcome Julia's return to Mvumi for this exciting initiative. We would also like to thank John Power and Christopher Redmore volunteering to help Julia with this programme.

You can read more in Julia's latest blog from the school.