Seedsowing Network

We carefully follow through to see what happens to the children after they leave us. We dont know where all of them are but they love to come back and tell us. Some of those who transferred in 2009 are pictures below with their new uniforms

We know how many children have benefitted year by year

2005 10 transferred

2006 15 transferred

2007 12 transferred

2008 24 transferred

2009 19 transferred

2010 23 transferred

The children who have transferred now attended 6 schools in the locality. One of the local heads keeps in contact with us eager to take the next ‘batch’.

The state education system in Kenya is called the 8-4-4 system, this describes:

8 years in primary age 6 to 14

4 years in Secondary from age 14 to 18

4 years in University from age 18

Class sizes in state schools are say 70 plus and the teaching style is talk, chalk and learning by rote. It is a successful system for those who survive it but there is little room for flexibility in terms of learning styles. There would be little by way of equipment in a state school and much of it would be broken or in a poor state. Our graduates thrive as the building blocks of learning are in place.

One day we will have our first university applicant and we are starting to think how we might support such an event, as the costs of education at the higher level are high.