Kalago Primary School

• 2017 enrollment: 363 girls, 396 boys

• Students range from grades 1-7

• Half the students go to school in the morning and the other half in the afternoon

• There are 8 class rooms and up to 50 pupils per class

• Students must have a uniform to attend school; no uniform no school

• Families buy uniforms from auction market for $52 - $69 or make them from scratch

• Most students walk 3 – 4 kms to school

• Most teachers come from neighbouring villages but poor weather often keeps them from arriving on time for classes

• Students study Swahili, English, math, general social studies, biology, and chemistry

• Starting at grade 3 students take geography, history, and technology

• The school has no power so imagine learning science and technology without equipment

Kalago Primary School    

Students outside a classroom    

Grade 7 class    
The Kalago school is in poor condition    

Qangded Primary School

• 2017 enrollment: 550 girls, 540 boys

• Students range from grades 1-7

• Grades 1 and 2 go to school in the morning and grades 3 to 7 go in the afternoon

• There are 13 teachers and 11 classrooms

• Grade 4 has 100 students

• Some students walk 8 – 11 km one way to get to school

• Students study Swahili, English, math, general social studies, geography, history, biology, chemistry, technology and information

• Uniforms are required but exceptions are made for the children of the Hadzabe and Toga tribes

• 62 out of 68 grade 7 students continued on to secondary school

Qangded Primary School     


Library - students only get 1 hour a week in the library     


Qangded class reading cards made by students of the John Costello Catholic School  

Students in school yard     

Teachers with signed flag