GROUPE SCOLAIRE BARE

STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES AND

CHALLENGES (SWOC) OF G.S BARE.

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF G.S BARE

• Groupe Scolaire Bare (GS Bare) is a catholic school, started in 1945 as a primary school. Due to the government policy, in 2009 the school adopted the system of being a nine years basic education school (9YEB ), which is now twelve years basic education (12YBE) . It is located in the Eastern Province, Ngoma District, Mutendeli Sector in Rwanda. We are 17 km from the nearest large town of Kibungo. GS Bare has 1120 (557Girls ,563Boys) primary students and 512 (264 Boys ,248 Girls) secondary students. We also have a nursery school of 90 students.

We are a dynamic and growing school, with 2 nursery, 16 primary and 19 secondary teachers.we have a strong partnership with (IGS Mainz-Bretzenheim ) the school in Germany. Our partnership is based on exchanging ideas and improving our schools in different domains .

SCHOOL PROFILE

• GS Bare School strives for our students to become motivated and independent learners through the provision of a wide range of learning choices for students to demonstrate their understandings. We consistently encourage students to become lifelong learners who value themselves, others and learning.

• We promote a social responsibility, resilience, perseverance and independence to capably prepare our students for an ever changing world.

Respect for self and others

High expectations of the whole school community

Purpose Values:

MISSION:

• To educate the students in such a way that he/she is not characterized by any form of discrimination or favoritism;

• To promote the culture of peace, tolerance, justice, respect of human rights, solidarity and democracy;

• To provide each student with a complete education based on cultural and moral values, knowledge, physical, social and professional welfare in order to promote competence and good behaviour, and to build the nation for its sustainable development based on protecting and exploiting environment;

To encourage the students to enjoy work, perform it well, to be committed to good quality of work and give priority to competence;

VISION STATEMENT:

Our vision for G.S Bare is to create and maintain a school community for students that is conducive to receiving a quality education and learning opportunities so that our students can become productive citizens in the community. Students will have success to day and be prepared for tomorrow.

SCHOOL MOTTO

Education Work and Success

STRENGTHS •Connection to the power grid (electricity)

ACTIVE STAFF

MAJORITY OF CLASSROOMS ARE MODERN AND EQUIPPED

Classrooms Classrooms

A MODERN LATRINE FOR THE STUDENTS FUNDED BY IGS MAINZ- BRETZENHEIM OUR PARTNER SCHOOL IN GERMANY

PHOTOCOPY MACHINE AND PROJECTOR DONATED BY IGS MAINZ- BRETZENHEIM OUR PARTNER SCHOOL IN GERMANY

ELECTRICITY FROM SOLAR PANELS HAS BEEN INSTALLED IN SOME CLASSROOMS.

COMBINED SCIENCE LABORATORY FOR BIOLOGY, PHYSICS, AND CHEMISTRY

COMPUTER LAB FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WITH ABOUT 1120 PRIMARY STUDENTS AND 512 SECONDARY STUDENTS

Primary students Secondary students

ORGANISED SPORTS TEAMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS IN FOOTBALL, VOLLEYBALL, ATHLETICS AND CULTURAL TROUPES

CULTURAL TROUPES

ORGANISED STUDY VISIT IN DIFFERENT AREAS

FOUR LARGE TANKS FOR WATER COLLECTION

STUDENTS PERFORMANCE IN NATIONAL EXAMS 2014

PRIMARY

Sat for Exam

passed % Unclassified

%

79 55 69.6 24 30.3

O’ LEVEL(Senior Three )

70 54 77.8 16 22.8

ADIVANCED LEVEL (Senior Six )

A. Combination of Math- Economics and Geography(MEG)

28 28 100 0 0

B. Combination of Math –Chemistry and Biology(MCB)

30 25 83.3 5 16.7

B. Combination of English – Kiswahili and Kinyarwanda (EKK)

31 28 90.3 3 10

WEAK NESSES

No good playgrounds for volleyball and basketball

No electronic equipment available (i.e. Television, Speakers and Radios ).

No dining room for the students (students use their respective classes as dining room)

No meeting room

SEVEN (7) CLASSROOMS OF THE PRIMARY SCHOOL ARE IN POOR CONDITION AND NEED TO BE REPAIRED OR REPLACED.

OPPORTUNITIES

•Nearby Bare Parish of the Catholic Church and work closely with the Catholic Church

GOOD COLLABORATION WITH CATHOLIC CHURCH, KIBUNGO DIOCESE.

GOOD COLLABORATION WITH IGS MAINZ- BRETZENHEIM SCHOOL IN GERMANY

THREATS/ CHALLENGES

Far from National Parks of Rwanda (Difficult for students to visit)

Far from Kigali and the resources available there

No internet cafes nearby 17 kilometres away from the nearest large

town of Kibungo with limited transportation options

FUTURE PARTNERSHIP We are very grateful for the assistance we

have received from your school We look forward to collaborating with you on

future projects to strengthen our partnership and continue improving G.S Bare

We believe our partnership will help us overcome some of our weaknesses such as our old classrooms and lack of volleyball playground etc.

We would also like to propose closer collaboration between teachers of G.S Bare and IGS Mainz-Bretzenheim

THANK YOU

We would like to formally thank Mr Roland Wollowski and his staff from IGS Mainz-Bretzenheim, for your invitation , we would like again to thank Mrs Monika Koilpillai Coordinator of the Partnership , for the continued assistance and hard work in the collaboration between our two great schools. God bless you all !

THANK YOU VERY MUCH

MURAKOZE CYANE

VIELEN DANK