Kolal school

Kolal school
ኮላል ቤት ትምህርቲ
Kolal school; ኮላል ቤት ትምህርቲ
Location
	Kolal; Debre Nazret municipality, Tigray; Ethiopia
Coordinates	13.5195°N 39.3263°E
Information
Type	Public School
School district	Dogu’a Tembien
Staff	10 teachers
Grades	0–8th
Gender	Co-Educational
Number of students	294
Language	Tigrinya, English
Data pertaining to	2018[1]

Kolal School is a public school for grades 0 (preparatory) through 8 in Kolal, Debre Nazret, Dogu’a Tembien, Tigray, Ethiopia.[1]

Description

The Kolal School has 7 class rooms. As of 2018, the school had 294 students, 127 girls and 167 boys.[1] There were:

40 students in one class in Grade 0
35 students in one class in Grade 1
30 students in one class in Grade 2
30 students in one class in Grade 3
38 students in one class in Grade 4
29 students in one class in Grade 5
34 students in one class in Grade 6
24 students in one class in Grade 7
35 students in one class in Grade 8

Water and sanitation

Ecosan toilet building at Kolal school

In 2018, water was not available at the school. The school had a roof water harvesting, but it was damaged. There were no specific facilities for girls handling menstrual hygiene;[1] this is a major reason for adolescent girls dropping out from school.[2][3] Up to 2018, there was a small toilet building, in poor condition.[1]

In 2019, the School WatSani project has built an Ecosan toilet building at this school.[4][5] Through nudging approach, the students are sensitised for using the sanitation and water facilities.[4]

Transportation

All children travel to school on foot. Many students will walk more than an hour (sometimes two), twice a day, to come to school.[1]

Other challenges

The smaller children often miss school because of fear for hyenas on the way.[1]

References

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.
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.
What do we hear from the farmers in Dogu'a Tembien? [in Tigrinya]. Hagere Selam, Ethiopia. 2016. p. 100.
Griet Verrewaere, 2019. Report of latrine use and behaviour amongst students - The nudging approach at School-Watsani. HOWest, Bruges, Belgium.
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.

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[goele-1] 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.

[sociodemographic-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.

[farmersbook-3] What do we hear from the farmers in Dogu'a Tembien? [in Tigrinya]. Hagere Selam, Ethiopia. 2016. p. 100.

[griet-4] Griet Verrewaere, 2019. Report of latrine use and behaviour amongst students - The nudging approach at School-Watsani. HOWest, Bruges, Belgium.

[5] 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.