school in Togo
mail This round I will prioritize the school system in Togo and my work on the CEG Agou Gare.
· The system
In Togo, the school uniform, in short, le kaki, duty. The boys wear long trousers and shirts (khaki color), the girls white blouses with long skirts. At the lycée, the drab khaki shirt with a colorful green, purple or replaced. Even in elementary school and kindergarten there is a dress code, always changed slightly. Students identify themselves as such and thus not only by their appearance with their School in particular.
The school system itself is similar to the French is slightly different. Thus, there are three different types of schools:
École primaire (6):
first cp1 cours préparatoire
second cp2
third ce1 à élémentaire
4th ce2
5th cm1 à moyen
6th cm2
College (4 years):
7th 6eme
8th 5eme
9th 4eme
10th 3eme
Lycée (3 years): 11th
secondaire
12th primaire
13th terminal
School attendance is compulsory up to the College.
· school everyday
School starts clock at 6:40, not with education but with the appeal. All students are lined up for this class manner, while, every morning and again, the flag is hoisted. A class sings, quite dispassionately, the national anthem and, finally, the slogan of the country is called: Travail - Liberté - Patrie (Labour - Freedom - home). Each word is also always a different class situations and when time's asleep in a class, not jagged or loud enough calls her part, there are sometimes collectively Criminal brushing or kneel. Usually follows will have an emotional address by the head teacher, in which he disseminated news or herumkritisiert to the students.
Who comes too late can usually make the mandatory sweeping the paths, just as long as there is no other scapegoat, while making a few girls to sweep the classrooms.
Finally, begin at 7:00 clock instruction. There are only five school in the morning hours, and the afternoon two hours of lessons. During the morning hours last 55 minutes and go up to 12 clock, the afternoon hours begin at 15:00 clock, each lasting 60 minutes.
subjects
The subjects (at the college) do not differ in size to the Germans. There is a science: SVT (Science de la vie et de la terre - Social Sciences), Physics, Mathematics, sports and HG (Geography History) and as languages: English and French.
3eme it is for the additional ECM (Education Civil et Morale - policy). Artistic / Musical Subjects are therefore not mandatory there.
afternoons are additionally "devoir" (homework) and "tm" (travail manuel) added. Second is a thoroughly educational-free compartment, in which the students usually have tasks like editing the teachers work their fields or at least something more appropriate to reveal the sports ground of the jungle. This, guys seem to Coup Coups (machetes) and the girls with special hooks to as wild on grass, weeds and other los hew. The coup coups, the most popular tool of probably the whole of Africa would think in Germany I fall under the Arms Act and in schools it would be even more so in student handbook, completely unthinkable.
also available on the lycée the opportunity to learn German, which is very popular. In addition, students can, through special upper secondary schools, as a technical or artistic, during her BAC (high school) to prepare for a profession, comparable with the German school diploma.
The primary school is structured differently, however, there are only class teacher, teaching a class in all subjects, at least it does so on the school of my host father.
CEG Agou Gare
I teach, after much back and forth, now "only" sport with Lina together, not even in the 5emes English because there are two English teachers, which the lessons can take on completely .
There are 9 classes, the youngest born is three rapidly departing every hour or two a week to EPS (Education physique = sports). The classes are between 60 - 75 students strong, with the number of boys is usually twice as high as that of girls. Possible answers to the inequality, can probably best in the decision by some parents think their daughters not send them to school, as in a lack of intelligence or laziness, as claimed before.
The College consists of 8 teachers - men only - the director, a secretary, and Lina and me. Evening is a night watchman, armed with a slingshot and stick, he can be on the floor in front of the "administrative unit", ie director's office + secretariat down. His appearance is far from scary and should not seriously hinder intruders from entering the property - on the other hand, there is not really much to get.
Sports
for physical education, the school own ground, a football field, as well as various facilities that are necessary for the compulsory athletic disciplines. Physical education classes following a national curriculum, and consequently are also the terrain of the schools built after the same pattern. Each class thus makes each year by the same program, at least the same disciplines as there are: first
Sprint, for each age between 80 and 100 meters
second Long-distance running, depending on age and gender 600, 800 or 1000 meters
third Long Jump 4th
High jump, but unlike in Germany, jumped into a sand pit and not on a mat, why not reverse, but allegedly jumped forward is. The discipline is still pending and I do not even know exactly how I would carry it.
5th Rope climbing, 5m on time, in the higher grades, even two times in a row directly.
6th Shot put, with 3-4 pound balls, which are simply replaced by a pinch stones.
are therefore on the (football) ground, two long jump pits, a high jump pit, a large paved door frame to which attached the rope for climbing up to be - appear to be climbing every time a student outside of the frame around the rope attached to, unless it found an even better alternative - and at last there is a sprint track, which, Once measured, unfortunately many as 80 instead of 100 meters was found. A basketball court, there would be in itself, but it can be applied to semi-ash, not play half grass and without baskets, and certainly not without a ball
But I must say this is far more than I expected. Especially for shot put, the school is amazingly well equipped and the remaining assets, after they once "gecoupcoupt" are sufficiently usable.
During these six disciplines are mandatory, we left for the rest of the lesson design free hand. The students prefer to play football, so we try as often as possible to let them play. Furthermore, we have just the beginning when we thought we had plenty of time relay race, as training for "la vitesse (Sprint) or Brennball introduced. The real hit is the game "fishing, fishing" (... how deep is the water?), Which the students already knew from last year, and volunteers have taught. We have always played in German, with a preverbal the exactly appropriate sentence and the students it nachbrüllten. Each round actually ends in total chaos, but all have fun and get moving, one of our main objectives for the lesson.
rating
At the end of each semester is the marks given, the first stop in two weeks.
The overall rating system is aligned to the French and so are the best 20 points and 1 point for the worst. There are 2 marks per subject, the "composition" is that determined by a final exam at the end of each trimester and the "class", which assesses all the other employees, including tests. In a 1:1 ratio they are aggregated to form the overall score, giving the exams, which are taking place this week, a very high importance given.
In sport there is something different, just as in all subjects, students will write exams this instruction, where students present are normal, we have added no extra exam. Our "composition" we train the values of discipline, the "class" from all sorts of remarks that we made during the lesson, or it is used for dedicated students unsporting but not put obstacles in their path.
At the end of every trimester grades, all subjects are added together, and by an average final mark awarded, which decides on promotion. Unlike in Germany, so you have to work all year round and not just in the last trimester (when half of us) and you can turn off in individual subjects also complete, as long as you in other subjects good enough to make up for it again.
have for the notes of the disciplines, we have lists, after which the points are awarded, as well as in Germany, except that the lists are rather sub-optimal, because the values do not front and rear, and from there are large jumps and Sometimes the values are lower in older classes than in younger ones. For orientation but are very helpful and with the measured values is thus the manipulation going on, so that the grading scale is somewhat covered.
For Sports Fans even a few values:
The boys in the 3eme, ie the elders, need for 20 points:
the sprint at 100 meters, 11.9 seconds in the 1,000-meter run 2:57 minutes; climb for the long jump 5.79 meters and 5 meters must be within two times of 8.1 seconds for the high jump 1.61 meters, the shot put (5kg) 12.61 meters.
girls need the same class, at 100 meters, 13.9 seconds to go far for 600-meter run 2:07:8 minutes for the high jump 1.41 meters, the shot put (4 kg) 9.6 meter they climb 4.53 meters and 5 meters once in 6.2 seconds.
Conclusion: The requirements are pretty darn high, and the conditions are not sure where. Still, I never thought that sprinting or playing soccer at all possible flop is - Footwear have the least.
instruction sequence
Once a lesson in fast-forward, of which I have a day in three to five: Each session begins with the "Control", the attendance register in which the khaki, have along so all the no workout gear, are not there and the "malade" (health) fished out and placed in the margin.
For over 70 students take this even a little longer and for simplicity we have adopted the rule that callee are ready to face directly into a series for the "echauffement" (warming up), which follows next. Actually, to be on all nice run in 1 meter in series with 1-2 rounds, which depending on the mood of the students good, bad or not working. Sometimes we do other exercises, such Skibbings or "heel striking, which will also be carried out in a row. Especially in the beginning it took this much exercise in itself but it works. Now follows the common stretching in a circle, due to time constraints, we have recently, however, frequently deleted in order to have more time for inspections.
The main part of the hour consists of the program, which we have prepared for the current discipline, such as games or the practical preparation for the acceptance.
Since we're together, fortunately, can always be more of a focus on teaching while the other is interference or the "Khaki-people" care.
The disciplines serve only the grades, general objectives are the promotion of exercise, fun and discipline in itself. What goal has priority led already to some small discussions, since it is difficult to always attend to all three.
discipline
It is something elemental, something the teachers liked to see if it's there, something Unterrichterleichterndes, but sometimes a little lost, but ultimately something indispensable.
Many students is the Some in the crowd often, so is it mostly deals only with the mass. For many practices, such as the introductory always warm up, to line up the students and do the exercise closed. Capable, all with something completely new and is not confronted, but not always are all willing, so occasionally lost a lot of time goes.
A major reason is the different understanding of authority and discipline, which we brought along.
in Togo following the misconduct a direct punishment, usually physically and strokes or very popular, "Criminal knees," for which students kneel for hours under the burning sun in the area allowed. Thus discipline is created by fear of punishment, quite effectively, and authority is measured by the incidence of strokes.
I think of this system, not so much and have therefore also more problems with the students. My system is based mainly on the notes and minor punishments such as extra laps or at worst antanzen afternoon at the terrain Coupe to what once was the case.
But how can threaten a student with bad grades if he starts to misconduct by a bat? The skills of self-discipline and personal responsibility, which are seen in Germany so much, is not known here.
have now realized the students, I do not hit and still constitute an authority figure and I've realized that sometimes I have to explain my views several times.
The last is difficult to overcome problems with the authority that we simply are as old as the oldest students, sometimes even younger, and seldom anywhere near as fit.
Our age knows no one and fortunately we also are white, so not much will also be questioned.
The right motivation by a somewhat more varied teaching, however, are our strengths. The "normal" I think physical education is based solely on the disciplines that are practiced briefly and then be removed. So you jump in an hour maybe just five times in a long jump pit. I have seen, however, no other hour, I am relying alone on stories of my host brothers and sisters.
Despite all the difficulties were, looking back to the first trimester, but a lot of it out and we have our program we have set ourselves at the beginning, though often just changed at the end by getting into.
The Stock
He is actually right in the theme of "discipline", since he is a particularly interesting, I will comment briefly on this separately.
is Officially the floor banned in schools, no teacher though, comes from without, so every now and then some type of government is over, collect all the sticks going away, and cancel the teacher is new from the trees.
There is really no school day, is not on the beaten anyone, and exist in the interpretation of the blows also differences. Usually girls get blows to the buttocks and boys who are doing, it goes the other way however, there are no rules for this. Sometimes students can not then walk properly, sit up or hold a pen.
It is possible as students get along without shock, but in itself is an integral part of the floor in the school. Teachers simply take the right an arbitrary deal with the students as they want, because there is no body which protects the students. From the beginning, I realized that I can not act as the Yovo that explains how education is working properly and to prohibit the floor, so I just reject it and can even discuss with teachers about him. My opinion and attitude is accepted it from the other teachers.
I find most surprising, however, that some students even claim the floor, as I saw in some discussions. Sometimes I'll even prompted correctly when it is once again a little louder to me to take a stick to hit. It is also often happened that when the teachers who not so often to stock access, the students naturally make even more noise and disturb.
No student is pleased with shock, on the contrary, they are an incredible humiliation of circumventing any attempts at times almost as a kind of game.
A change that without a cane quiet and orderly learning is possible, but unfortunately I still can not tell really and I think that the current generation of students would use the stick as a teacher, perhaps even beyond.
A further, not only on this issue attached argument is that the black students, in contrast to the white, the floor need. When I objected out that it used to in Europe was also the floor and he was eliminated with time and this here may change over time could also, I agree with many, but time is something difficult to define. Finally
is a general problem that "error" is not really questioned, but only punished the students will remember the next time already to the beatings.
0 comments:
Post a Comment