Education
The Ethiopian government provides just half a day of free primary and secondary schooling for five days a week. The JeCCDO project office in Awassa coordinates tutorial programmes for children from 7 - 16 years of age. Tutorial classes are an opportunity to improve academic performance; they are based on peer group discussion and problem solving. Children help each other to understand issues they have not grasped in school, and tutors are on hand to provide assistance. Tutorial groups are also an opportunity for children to learn about other issues such as HIV/Aids, gender and welfare.
During the period 2007 to 2011 JeCCDO aims to increase the educational performance of a minimum of 2,000 children and young people in Awassa.
JeCCDO in Awassa coordinates a team of educational facilitators who run the tutorial classes. Facilitators are paid only a small amount of expenses . They receive training from JeCCDO and in return gain teaching experience they can use to further their careers or employment opportunities. JeCCDO provides bicycles, pictured opposite, for the facilitators to get around town.
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