At AOET we believe that education and teaching are a process by which the behavior of one person is changed into conformity by the standards exemplified by another.
We therefore foster the teaching style where teachers seek to love their students and get interested not only in their academic performance but the total personhood of their students.
Analysis
In the areas where AOET works, Education is the residents’ primary concern (49% – AOET, 2004). AIDS’ orphans are often the first to be denied education, as their extended families cannot afford to school them or afford to provide scholastic materials. Needless to say, secondary schooling is beyond the means of the majority.
Because a large number of Students being sponsored by AOET is in Primary School, and because it costs us a fortune to send a child to High School, and because MANY young people walk long distances to go to School every morning, we decided to begin our own model high School.
A Section of the High School
This High School will care for Students from all walks of life irrespective of their religious beliefs, race, tribe, political orientation …
Over the Past few Months, construction of the High School has been one of the major projects being run by AOET. AI and it’s patners are funding this construction!
We’ve been able to put up ALL the structures of this phase and are now on the “finishing ” details; these involve plastering, Ceiling work…
A few of the structures have either already been plastered or are being platered!
Ceiling work is in progress as well!
The carpenters have done a WONDERFUL job so far with the roofs, and are doing a WONDERFUL job with ceiling work as well.
Over the past few months, prices of almost EVERYTHING have soared through the roof!!! Somethings have almost doubled in cost. For example, a 16 mm Steel Bar that we used to buy at 22,000 Uganda shillings a year ago, has gone up to 49,000 Uganda shillings!!! (More than 100% increment!!
And therefore, we decided to stock up on goods that can be stored! For All the roofs and Ceiling, the best wood has been purchased from other Towns and brought to us! We’ve stocked up enough wood, to meet all our woodwork needs! we’ve also stocked up cement and other construction materials.
Construction of the High School has provided jobs for ove 100 people that live in and around the community where the School is being built! These range from suppliers of Building materials, carpenters, builders, Welders, local food cooks… This has Pleased the community a GREAT deal!!
School Administrative Building on its roofing stage.
AOET intends to set up several Primary and High Schools as model schools for children from HIV/AIDS backgrounds – offering - in addition to the formal curriculum, Vocational training, career guidance, child counseling and other skills.