Pupils of St. Joseph's School GitdublingWHY DOES ST. JOSEPH'S SCHOOL URGENTLY NEED BOOKS FOR A SCHOOL LIBARY?
Over the past 3 years St. Joseph's has been expanding to provide education for the pupils from grade 7 to Grade 10. This year 2010 will be the first class of Grade 10 pupils.
On the completion of Grade 10 the pupils can sit the State leaving examinations.
Prior to this , the majority of the pupils could not continue ther education beyond Grade 7.
Many left school, got married and started having a family at 15/16 years of age.
There is very little paid employment in this Hill Region. There is very little money in this Hill Region. Most parents can not afford to send their children to continue their education in schools available in the towns in the Kalimpong Hill Region.
Because St. Joseph's is now providing education to Grade 10, it is possible for ever child who wishes to continue in education to Grade 10 to do so.
However To gain State recognition as a school providing education to Grade 10 their are certain criterior to be met; one of which is A SCHOOL LIBARY
Money is tight. Many new fully qualifed teachers have had to be employed and a new primary school constructed to accommodate the increase in pupil numbers.
Books can be purchased in India at a more reasonable cost, than trying to send books from the UK.
An idea came to me, that if everone to whom I send this, donated £1 and if they got 9 friends to donate £1 also we could very quickly provide sufficient books for a libary to be up and running fairly soon.
If you feel that you would like to join in with this fund raising venture, you can contact me via my blog or by e-mail at pauline_macinnes@hotmail.com
This is separate from Funds collected for HCET which uses all funds, collected through it, to support teachers' wages in St. Mary's Nok Dara and 6 teachers from the infant dept. of St. Joseph's School.
