Realize dream yako na ukuze bizna yako na bizness plan

...ati nilisikia ma stude wanataka kuchoma chuo...

ulisikia wapi?

n-n-nilisikia kwa shower,a-a-ati the princie

a-a-a-ana stress watu...

sir,there is lots of

tension in school.the students want to

strike.

nani ring leader?find out who it is and report back

immediately!

they say that you are too harsh.

strike...why!?

jut when we are about to do

exams!

mazee knnoma,tu--show pinie!

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prefects wana-bullymastude pia.

ati chakula hakipikwivizuri...?

yenyewe hiyosio poa

mambounderground

wazeiya...sikizeni kila kitu.

hapa ma form 2’swanatumonolise

kila siku.

ati kwani princieana-stress

kivipi?

pole form 1’s,kila stude ako na

kitu ya kusema lakinihawaskiki.

mtu mmoja tuanaongelesha mastude

...it’s malkia!!

aaah bana,ukipatwa huja-tuck-in

shati, unapewasuspension

kuna tension mobkwa chuo na waseewanataka kustrike.

shida ni gani?

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sir, it’s malkia who isleading the strike

she ia also saying you aretoo harsh,

she is addressing a meeting inthe assembly hall

she’s inciting students

by telling them lies!

kuna tetesi nyingineniongezee

kwa hizi kisha nipelekeeprincipal hii list?

you see principal!you see!?

malkiais incitingstudents to strike!

msiogope ongeenifreely

loud mouth girl...she will know

who i am!!

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strike?! in myschool??

really!!?!!

Ididn’t knowabout any of

this

i will suspendthe culprits!

bookshazitoshi!

ma-form 2’s wanaibanyama zetu

tuna-discriminatiwasababu ya kabila yetu

sir, the prefectshave not given you the

right information.

if we can meet oncea week and discuss ourproblems we can avoid

such an incident infuture.

ohhh... sikujua mna shida hivi...malkia, naona students kukutana na

kusema shida zao mapema ni vizuri ili zitatuliwe. au mwaonaje?

tutachagua ma-officialswa hi bunge halafu itwill be made official.

si muwe mkikutana kila wiki alafunaletewa ripoti kuliko kusikiafununu kuwa mnataka kugoma.

we get stressed about exams

and some studentsdisrupt classes

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Ni muhimu dialogue iwepo kati ya students na administration shuleniMinistry of Education ime-support ku-form-iwa kwa school council ili ku-replace prefects kwa shule in the next 2 years. Hii itafanyika kwa usaidizi wa Unicef na Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association. Student representatives huchaguliwa na mastude, na kukutana na mastude ili ku-ongea juu ya problems shuleni.

School Council inaleta Democracy kwa shule

Sababu za kuwa na shida kwa shule:

a) Pressure ya ku-perform: Teachers na wazazi wana-expect-students ku-perfom highly ili wa-enroll kwa machuo. Mastude hawana wakati wa kupumzika during holidays na instead huenda tuition. Mastude wengine huona masomo si important juu wanaona wasee wana-mada shule na kukaa idle na unemployed.

b) Maparo hawako involved kwa maisha ya watoto wao. Wanapeleka kwa board-ing school na hawa-spend time na watoto wao.

c) Bullying ya mastude espe-cially monos.

d) Prefects huwa wanaon-goza kidikteta inafanya wasipendwe na mastude.

Faida za kuwa na school council kwa shule yenu:

a) Inasaidia kusuluhisha shida za mastude kab-la ya ku-cause demonstrations au strikes. 300 schools were closed down in 2008 as a result of unrest

b) Students wanapewa power ya kuchagua lead-ers na play part kwa kusuluhisha shida kati ya students na school administration. Hii ni muhimu kwa sababu decisions zinazofanywa hu-affect wanafunzi.

c) ita-improve performance: School council itasaidia ku-create atmosphere poa ya masomo na ya shule

Uliza headteacher kama shule yenu inawe-za kuwa na school

council. Tuma views zako juu ya school council

on 3008.

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