GOOD EARTH
Saturday, 22 September 2018
TRANSCENDING BOUNDARIES
School Enterprise Challenge Brings Two Schools From Different
Countries Together
A meeting between Ms. Raminder Mac of Choithram School, India
and Mr. Erasto Haule of llowola Secondary School, Tanzania at the ‘Education That
Pays’ Conference’ in London in November 2017 led to strengthening of
partnership between the two schools. Both schools seemed to have similar
interests in developing entrepreneurial skills for the youth. Ms. Mac played an
important role in making the exchange possible for Erasto Haule, the School
Manager and Faraja Thembo, the Headmistress of the same school from September
16 to 23, 2018 in Choithram School.
The business team of School Enterprise Challenge of the school
comprising of grade 11 and 12 students was provided an opportunity to interact with
Mr. Erasto and Ms. Faraja on September 21 and 22, 2018. The students very
excited to hear about the bee-keeping business of Ilowola Secondary School from
Mr. Erasto who gave vivid details about using the guidance of an expert in this
business. They use wooden boxes made from discarded wood and place these boxes
in the forests to attract the bees to make their hives. The students shared
about their enterprise 'Good Earth' and how it was equipping them with
entrepreneurial skills and helping them gain practical knowledge which could
not be gained through books. They also shared some ideas and possibilities of
doing an international trade by sending their products to each other’s school
during the student/teacher exchange programmes and selling them during the
Fundraising Events.
In Mr. Erasto’s words, “Our experience at Choithram School has
opened our eyes, minds and mostly our hearts to move on to the next great steps
for our school and especially this exchange programme. We look forward to
strengthening our partnership in the coming years with student and teacher
exchange programme with Choithram School.” Ms. Raminder Mac gives entire credit
to School Enterprise Challenge for bringing both the schools together.
Raminder Mac
Lead Teacher
‘Good Earth’
Enterprise
