This is government Primary School Lainde-Bilonde.A dearth of resources and infrastructure in this remote village, has pushed students to study in open air or in crude straw huts.
The hut was constructed by their teacher Marguerite and colleagues recently transferred to that locality. According to L’oeil du Sahel, over 500 students’ study in this makeshift huts due to shortage of classrooms.
Marguerite the teacher says, children in this remote area do not have access to useful resources and classrooms. To ensure that knowledge is conveyed, they Construct huts.
“It is a difficult situation here there are no classrooms, the kids told me they used to study in this open air with no classrooms, blackboards and tables. They just sit on the floor. The condition pushed us to build this hut and put benches. They are over 500 students here, so what we do is, we mix them in one class and they study in shifts. This is to ensure that the kids have access to education.”
To the teacher Marguerite, the rainy season is always a difficult period for them.
“In the rainy season, there are no classes, they just sit back at home. A terrible situation, she added.”
Majority of these kids cover long-distances just to study in this makeshift hut. To Marguerite the teacher, the students have the zeal to study.
“I pity these children, most of them live far from here. Because there are no schools, they cover long distances to get here. We are just few of us teaching here. We need help she added. We need classrooms, teachers, and other accessories to study.
The lack of classrooms is particularly stark in rural areas where infrastructure and qualified teachers are in short supply. It is difficult to find teachers prepared to study in these areas, as they end up with classes of 50 children with all age levels mixed in together.