The Crucial Role of the School Management Committee in Transforming Rural Schools
Model Schools and the Active Participation of the School Management Committee Under the New Generation School Project Support
he video highlights the positive changes and significant growth of a school (specifically, Spean Chrey Primary School) over a period of more than a year, following the establishment of a proper School Management Committee and receiving support from KAPE and its development partners.
The key points of the summary include:
Past Situation: Before having a clear management committee, the school faced numerous challenges, such as a lack of materials, a surrounding environment overgrown with wilderness and weeds, unorganized fencing and gardens, and parents who believed that school affairs were solely the teacher's responsibility, leading to minimal community participation.
Roles and Activities of the Committee: Since its establishment, the committee, composed of volunteers, has been actively involved in:
Planning and Statistics: Participating in developing development plans, conducting home visits for censuses, and evaluating to mobilize all students to enroll and track student attendance.
Fundraising and Philanthropy: Visiting villages to collect donations and support (such as raising hundreds of truckloads of soil to fill the school grounds) to build infrastructure.
Environmental and Material Development: Participating in repairing desks, chairs, and handwashing stations, building fences, setting up flower and vegetable gardens, creating a trash-free environment, and helping organize the library.
Monitoring and Collaboration: Rotating daily/weekly shifts to oversee responsibilities, collaborating closely with the principal and teachers, and checking food hygiene for the children.
Results and Impact: The school now possesses beautiful aesthetics, making the students happy and eager to attend. Parents have high trust, understand that the school belongs to the whole community, and participate with increased support.
Future Vision: Teachers and the committee aim to continue developing this school into a "Model School" equipped with modern tools (such as projectors, technology, computers, and foreign languages), a 21st-century library, and to win various awards. Even if the organization's project ends in the future, the community is committed to maintaining the sustainability of this development.