Old school

The end of another week. Thought I would add a few photos of the schools I have been working in.
This is what I wear to school - I'm the one on the left!!
We have to wear a long skirt and have our arms covered.
This is one of the old schools - the library with the librarian. She is very on to it and has the place well organised. I was taken on a tour of the school by the Principal, a very enthusiastic man, who wants his school to be the best in the world! He has ordered 25 Promethean boards for the new school so each class has one - the government only supplies each new school with 5! He has a great vision - may take a few years!!
The old Ministry schools are being replaced with brand new schools. They only upgrade a certain number each year. Cognition helps with the transition from old Minstry school which are disfunctional, bad behavior, no learning etc etc to new, what they call, Independent schools.The teachers in the old schools are all sacked and a new Principal is appointed (Qatari) who then employs a whole new bunch of teachers - and so the reform begins. The old schools are usually in a trashed state and the new teachers start the year in these old schools while they wait for the new schools to be built and finished. Cognition is working with 5 of these schools - they have 1 year to 'reform'. We also work with 6 'failing' schools - they didn't meet the standard at the end of their first year so get another year's contract with Cognition. Other companies are doing similar work to Cognition.
These photos are in the old school at a Prep school - Y7-9. They will be moving to their new school at the end of November/Dec. The school year finishes at the end of June.