Atse Yohannes School (Zala)

Atse Yohannes School is a public school for grades 1 through 8 in Zala, Degol Woyane, Dogu’a Tembien, Tigray, Ethiopia.[1]

Atse Yohannes School
Location
Zala

Degol Woyane municipality
,
Tigray

Ethiopia
Coordinates13.663°N 39.102°E / 13.663; 39.102
Information
TypePublic School
School districtDogu’a Tembien
Staff12 teachers
Grades1-8
GenderCo-Educational
Number of students362
LanguageTigrinya, English
School named afterYohannes IV
Data pertaining to2020[1]

Description

The Atse Yohannes School holds four classrooms. In 2020, the school had 362 students, 209 girls and 153 boys.[1] There were:

  • 56 students in one class in Grade 1
  • 62 students in one class in Grade 2
  • 47 students in one class in Grade 3
  • 43 students in one class in Grade 4
  • 36 students in one class in Grade 5
  • 44 students in one class in Grade 6
  • 26 students in one class in Grade 7
  • 48 students in one class in Grade 8

Classes are organised by morning and afternoon shifts, using the same classrooms.

Water and sanitation

Water is available in a spring nearby the school. There were no specific facilities for girls handling menstrual hygiene; this is a major reason for adolescent girls dropping out from school.[2][3][4] Up to 2020, there was no toilet building in the school compound.[1]

In 2020, the School WatSani project has built an Ecosan toilet building at this school. Through nudging approach, the students are sensitised for using the sanitation facilities.[5][6]

Transportation

All children travel to school on foot. Many students will walk more than an hour, twice a day, to come to school.[7]

School name

The school is named after Ethiopian Emperor Yohannes IV who was born in this village and baptised in the nearby May Baha rock church.[8][9]

Homonymous school

This school should not be confused with the Atse Yohannes Primary and Secondary school in Mekelle, which is way larger in number of students, and much better equipped.[10]

See also

References
  1. Internal report, Education Office Dogu’a Tembien. Hagere Selam, Ethiopia
  2. Socio-demographic profile, food insecurity and food-aid based response. In: Geo-trekking in Ethiopia's Tropical Mountains - The Dogu'a Tembien District. SpringerNature. 2019. ISBN 978-3-030-04954-6.
  3. What do we hear from the farmers in Dogu'a Tembien? [in Tigrinya]. Hagere Selam, Ethiopia. 2016. p. 100.
  4. Wilberg, J., 2004. Female education in Tigray, Ethiopia. UMB, Norway. p. 104 http://www.umb.no/statisk/noragric/publications/master/2004_jeanett_wilberg.pdf
  5. Griet Verrewaere, 2019. Report of latrine use and behaviour amongst students - The nudging approach at School-Watsani. HOWest, Bruges, Belgium.
  6. Reubens, B. and colleagues (2019). Research-Based Development Projects in Dogu'a Tembien. In: Geo-trekking in Ethiopia's Tropical Mountains — The Dogu'a Tembien District. SpringerNature. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-04955-3_30. ISBN 978-3-030-04954-6.
  7. Goele Treuttens and Linde Van Der Vurst, 2018. Baseline study about water and sanitation in ten selected schools by the project ‘School – Watsani’ and in the community around the schools in ten different villages in the Woreda Dogu’a Tembien. HOWest, Bruges, Belgium.
  8. Description of trekking routes in Dogu'a Tembien. In: Geo-trekking in Ethiopia's Tropical Mountains - The Dogu'a Tembien District. SpringerNature. 2019. ISBN 978-3-030-04954-6.
  9. Gerster, G. (1972). Kirchen im Fels – Entdeckungen in Äthiopien. Zürich: Atlantis Verlag.
  10. Wilberg, J., 2004. Female education in Tigray, Ethiopia. UMB, Norway. p. 29 http://www.umb.no/statisk/noragric/publications/master/2004_jeanett_wilberg.pdf
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