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SCHOOLING
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When
they are seven years old, children go to public school. There
is only an elementary school in the village. For middle and
secondary school, students have to go to boarding school in
a nearby town and only come home on weekends and holidays.
This is a girls' classroom in the old village school. |
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|  Everyone
is happy to have a new school in the village. Parents take the
education of their children seriously, and they are proud when
their children do well in school. Students respect the teachers
very much. When the teacher enters the classroom, the children
stand politely with their hands behind their backs. They also
stand when they ask or answer questions.
These boys are filing into class in the newly built school.
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 Elementary
school children who live near the school walk to and from school
every day. Children who live farther away ride to school on
donkeys. Until recently, most children had to travel some distance
to get to school. Since the village built a new school, the
children don't have to go so far to get to school.
The children are responsible for feeding, watering, and taking
care of their donkeys. While the children are in school, the
donkeys wait outside in the "donkey parking lot."
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 There
are no day-care centers in the village. While the parents are
working, children are cared for by their sisters and brothers,
their grandparents, or other relatives. Children learn many
things outside of school. They learn from watching older people
as they work. They also learn from helping their parents work
in the fields or in the house. All the adults in the village
participate in teaching young people how to behave and how to
cooperate in the life and work of the village community. That
is what they mean when say, " It takes a village to
raise a child."
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