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314.5.4 Examples on TEP students in primary school from municipalities in Kirundo 52In Vumbi municipality 17 (4.4%) of the TEP children (from 1998-2004) who started inregular (379) completed primary education, and among them only 5 girls.In Busoni municipality 84.3% of the students who started in primary over the threeyear’s period of TEP, continued, and 15.6% dropped out (21.6% of the girls and 13.3% ofthe boys). The drop out is mainly registered in 2004-2005 and is due to the famine in thecommunity.By comparison, the drop out in regular school at provincial level in Muyinga and Kirundo isreported to be 10-15% for the same period. 53 .Of the 583 students who remained, 21 (3,6%) finished primary, 1 girl and 20 boys.They are reported to be in grade 7 (secondary school) today. The majority of those whodid not manage the national test are repeating grade 6.In Bugabira municipality totally four (1,5%) of the TEP students who started inprimary since 1998 (264), finished, 2 boys and 2 girls.There are no figures from this municipality showing the number of children who started andfinished TEP.In another of the municipalities visited in Kirundo, Ntega, the inspector also had a fairly goodoverview of the situation. The estimate is that 67% of the TEP students initially enrolled inTEP passed the final exam at the end of the TEP year. Around 27% (less than a third are girls)of them were still in the education system in 2005 .He has also registered eight former TEPstudents who managed to pass the national test for entrance in secondary education this year,which is about 1.8% of the total amount of the TEP students who are in primary the sameyear. 54 All are boys.Comment: The numbers of TEP students are few compared to regular students and therefore itis difficult to compare the two. The tendency is that attrition and retention rates follow thesame pattern as for regular school children.4.6 Nine TEP students in secondary schoolWe had two conversations with former TEP students who have succeeded in passing thenational competition for entrance in secondary education this year. They are now in gradeseven. Seven of them are studying at the Municipal College 55 in Vumbi. The conversation willbe quoted in detail as it gives us an idea of who these children are who have passed a verystiff competition, and how their life is today.52 cf. Burundi, annex II53 According to the NRC office in Muyinga54 As it is not possible to follow a cohort, we have to make an estimate55 There are two types of secondary schools in Burundi, the Municipal colleges and the Lycées. The latter aremore expensive and have better qualified teachers.Educare Eva M. Johannessen
32Seven boys in grade 7 in secondary school in VumbiThey were in TEP in 2000-2001, and are now between 14 and 18 years old. Two of them haverepeated grade 6, the five others have never repeated. Most of them came from the same TEP schoolin Vumbi. One came from Kabuye. The TEP school was 3-5 km. away from where they live.Some of their former TEP colleagues are still in grade 6 and some are in grade 5. Some have left.They do not know how many. All of them transferred to grade 3 in EP. At that time there were totally10 students who were integrated.In EP they were among the best in their class. Four of them held the four first places.They have to pay 11.500 FBU 56 in school fees for one year, 5.500 FBU per trimester. Most of themexplain that their father has paid the fees. The one who has been the first in his class says hisgrandmother pays for him. He is an orphan. The one who is 18 says he had to pay for it himself, as heis also an orphan. He has sold bananas to manage. He grows bananas and beans. He gets 500 BFUfor 6 bananas, and it takes a year to earn 11.500 FBU. He sells bananas on Saturdays and Sundays.He lives with his brother who is 25. The brother is married and he helps him He has three brothersand one sister, two of the brothers are in primary schools (grade 6 and grade 3).The one who says his grandmother pays for him has two brothers and one sister. The girl is in grade 5and one of the boys in grade 4. His grandmother grows beans and manioc. The children help her.Another says it is his mother who pays by growing beans and manioc. Two others confirm that theirparents are also peasants. One has four brother and four sisters and all in school going age are inschool. In another family there are five children who also are or have been to school.There is a third orphan among the seven who has one sister and three brothers. The oldest brother is24. He was in grade 7 but had to leave because his father died. The next brother is 21 and has been inschool until grade 5; another is 15 and is in grade 5. His father went to school until grade 6, but hedoes not know whether his mother has been.They all confirm that they would not have been in school if it had not been for the TEP.They find the transition to secondary very difficult. They have new subjects like biology andgeography, but there are no textbooks. Only the teacher has one. There is a textbook in French, butthey do not have one. One says that only 15 out of the 63 students in his class have a textbook. Twoothers say that there are 63 and 64 students in their respective classes. Another has 84 in his class. Insome subjects three children have to share a book. Only two of the seven have a book in Math. Theycannot study in the afternoon at home (they also arrive late). They do not have enough notebooks andthey only have one ballpoint pen each (given by UNICEF). They have to borrow ballpoint pens fromother colleagues. They need 11 notebooks, but they do not have as many as needed. One notebookcosts 600 FBU.Another problem in secondary is that all the teaching takes place in French except in Kirundi. In EPthe teaching was in Kirundi. It is obvious that the children have great difficulties in expressingthemselves in French.56 100 USD = 105000FBu (October 2005)Educare Eva M. Johannessen
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Page 3 and 4: 2PREFACEThanks to all good helpers
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Page 17 and 18: 16Diagram 3 Achievement per level a
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Page 31: 30Totally 68% of the TEP students h
Page 35 and 36: 34They confirm that most of the stu
Page 37 and 38: 36The reasons for dropping out are
Page 39 and 40: 38promoted and 12.2% had to repeat.
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Page 53 and 54: 52Mariana de FátimaBarrandas Lopes
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Page 57 and 58: 56Age distribution Level I, Benguel
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