NAME OF THE SCHOOL: Nombung Mission School
PERIOD THE REPORT IS COVERING: January to December 2021

NAME OF SUPERVISOR: Peter Blen Lepcha, (Local administration work is taken care by Oliver Lepcha.)

NAME OF HEAD MASTER: Hasta Bahadur (Male)

NAMES OF THE TEACHERS (FEMALE/MALE):
a) Hasta Bahadur (Head Master) (Male)
b) Sapana Rai (Female)
c) Manju Manger (Female)

NO. OF STUDENTS: 16 (10 BOYS and 6 GIRLS)

NO. OF CLASSES AND STUDENTS IN EACH (NURSERY, LOWER AND UPPER KG, CLASS 1-4):
Nursery (2), LKG (2), Class 1 (2), Class II (2), Class III (4), Class IV (4)

The new academic session for 2021 started on the 24th of February with 16 children. To make it easier for the children, the books and exercise copies were distributed before the session started. Children came along with their parents to collect them. Till the 7th of May 2021 the school continued normally. Thereafter a circular was issued by the Government to close all the educational institutions and the village council also requested the headmaster of the school to close down the school.
Since the students are from extremely poor background and don’t have any smart phones in their family, no online classes were possible.

The teachers then started visiting the students at their houses one to two times a week on rotational basis giving them lessons. The guardians reverted back to the school with the home works that were given to the students. From October 19th, 2021, the school reopened. The school will function till December 11th, 2021 after which the academic year will end and the students will have their winter vacation. The school didn’t conduct half yearly exams this year but will have final exams from the beginning of December. It has been decided that all the students will be promoted this year.

We would like to thank CHILD Sweden for helping the students not only with education but also for conducting relief program by distributing ration packets containing rice, wheat, pulses, soyabean, oil, spices, salt, soap and masks. Since the government has been very irregular in providing rice and wheat of poor quality, this relief programme helped the children and their families much.

Many here in Nombung have become jobless and therefore were not able to contribute for their child` stationaries. Now that the pandemic situation is slowly improving many parents are trying for jobs in far off locations.

As every year this year too, both teachers and the guardians would like to convey their gratefulness to the donors for their financial aid to educate the poor and needy children of Nombung.

The teachers and the students would like to wish the donors a Merry Christmas and a Happy and safe New year. Hope we will be able to soon live in a covid free world.
Some pictures from the food distribution programme:

SKOLANS NAMN: Nombung Primary School

SPONSOR: LOKALGUIDEN, GÖTEBORG

 
                    UPPDATERING EFTER BESÖK AV CHILD, SVERIGE, NOVEMBER                        


NAMN PÅ OMRÅDESANSVARIG: Peter Blen Lepcha assisterad av Oliver Lepcha

NAME PÅ REKTOR: Birkha Singh

ANTAL ELEVER:    22

SKOLDAGEN: 9:00 till 13:00 för Nursery and Upper Kinder Garten och till 14:00 för övriga klasser

HUR SER FRAMTIDEN UT FÖR SKOLAN?                                     

Skolan kommer att behöva finnas flera år till. Det finns ännu inte någon statlig skola i närområdet för de minsta barnen (upp till klass 4). Efter klass 4 finns det en statlig skola 3 km bort. Myndigheterna erkänner också behovet av skolan genom att de har ett regelbundet bespisningsprogram för eleverna i skolan i Nombung. Föräldrarna i området är nämligen mycket fattiga