Lilongwe - School Report Question and Answers
Describe the general climate of the grade level that you teach or your child attends:
The campus is rather run down.The primary school children absolutely love the school.They have a lot of fun.However, academically, the school was inferior to many schools in the region.A new Primary Head arrived at the start of the 2009 school year.Perhaps she has been able to turn the primary school around and increase academic performance and teaching.The school was transitioning to a PYP programme, but there seemed to be no existing standards.When you inquired about expected learning achievements and skills development during the year, most teachers looked blankly.While my children loved the school, I am extremely disappointed in the quality of the school.At the celebration at year-end, students were given small coloured certificates for academic performance.It was uncomfortable for some students to be listed as ''excelled in reading, math, etc'' and another student to be given an award for ''being a caring person'' with no mention of any kind of academic achievement.At the same year-end celebration, the school handed out extremely large glitzy trophies for sports achievements.The school placed, in my opinion, an over-emphasis on sports with an almost non-existent eye paid to academic learning. - Jan 2011
Classroom atmosphere is friendly and the kids seem happy, but communication between home andschool has been an ongoing issue. The school has tried to make a more concerted effort this past year with the new administration, but still is not at an acceptable standard for a private international school. - Jul 2010
