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Chimbiri school, Ethiopia by Chris de Bode*(21 images)
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  • Children gather firewood for cooking or help family tend cattle in the fields when they are not at school. It is relatively common at harvest time for children not to attend school because they are needed to work on the land. By photographer Felix Features
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  • Feleke Shalachewu, 10, wants to be a doctor when he grows up. By photographer Felix Features
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  • A Grade 7 classroom in Gudoberet school. A pretend television set made by a teacher as an HIV and AIDS education resource... By photographer Felix Features
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  • A Grade 8 classroom in Chimbiri school, which relies on improvised desks and accommodates around 30-50 students at one time. There is an absence of teaching aids, posters and equipment, since children higher up the school are still taught using old educational methods... By photographer Felix Features
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  • A Grade 2 classroom in Chimbiri school, which is one of the best, with one desk available for every four students. Although primary education is compulsory in Ethiopia, and free in government-run schools, pupils have to pay for their textbooks and uniforms and in many rural areas schools simply do not exist... By photographer Felix Features
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  • Meseker Getie, 9, wants to be a teacher when she grows up. By photographer Felix Features
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  • Tayee Haile Micale, 10, wants to be a head teacher when he grows up. By photographer Felix Features
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  • Abebe Balete, 13. By photographer Felix Features
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  • Stationery cupboard in Chimbiri school...The onions on the bench are grown at the school by the teachers and sold in the local village to generate money for the school. Text books and posters for all the classes are borrowed and returned after each lesson... By photographer Felix Features
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  • Teacher's notes on the blackboard in a classroom for a Grade 1 English class, Chimbiri school...In Ethiopia, there are 68 pupils for every primary teacher, and at upper primary level fewer than 25% of teachers are professionally qualified. One of the problems facing the country is not the amount of teachers, but the quality of their training... By photographer Felix Features
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  • Girls huddle together as they walk to school, followed by a boy... By photographer Felix Features
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  • Amare Habtegebreal, 10, wants to be a policeman when he grows up. By photographer Felix Features
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  • Mr. Murati (centre), a Schools Supervisor, is flanked by a priest (left) and guard (right). Mr Murati is committed to creating a productive and lively learning environment in the schools for which he is responsible. The classroom atmosphere has been transformed thanks to the training of Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) volunteers. Previously, classrooms were depressing; windows were kept shut because teachers feared the drafts would make children sick. Mr Murati and others have taken it upon themselves to stimulate teachers and make school a positive and more enjoyable experience for all... By photographer Felix Features
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  • Children in a classroom at Chimbiri school... By photographer Felix Features
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  • Teaching aid made by Adaba, the English teacher at Gudoberet school...Every school in Ethiopia has a member of staff responsible for making teaching aids and charts for the whole school... By photographer Felix Features
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  • An English lesson in Chimbiri school. The signs on the wall are inspired by teaching methods introduced by Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) volunteers. The same teacher teaches both the morning and afternoon classes for the younger and older pupils respectively, which each contain 54 children... By photographer Felix Features
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  • 'Where is the ball? The ball is on the chair' A classroom in Chimbiri school...Children take turns in putting objects on the chair, while the teacher writes on the blackboard. The teachers learn English themselves at school before attending college, yet many are poorly trained. The young teachers in this school tend to stay for a year then move on, depending on the decisions taken by the government. In remote schools such as this one, teachers stay in the local village and travel home at weekends... By photographer Felix Features
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  • Students run to school for the morning lessons, through enthusiasm, not because they are late. In recent years in Ethiopia, nearly five million children have been brought into primary education although 40% of children - some 7 million kids - still do not attend school... By photographer Felix Features
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  • Akilile Haile Mariam, 10, wants to be a pilot when he grows up. By photographer Felix Features
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  • Endla Habte Gabriel, 10, wants to be a farmer when he grows up. By photographer Felix Features
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  • Sintayhu Shewatatik, 9, wants to be a trader when she grows up. By photographer Felix Features
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