Parents opening up Cassava garden at Kyaminyawandi Primary School
BIC Staff with the parents in the school garden
parents discussing after working in the school garden
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| The Head Teacher Kyaminyawandi PS, going back to office after meeting with the parents |
A school garden is an
innovative teaching tool and strategy that lets educators incorporate hands-on
activities in a diversity of interdisciplinary, standards based lessons. The
garden engages students by providing a dynamic environment in which to observe,
discover, experiment, nurture, and learn. It is a living laboratory where
lessons are drawn from real-life experiences rather than textbook examples,
allowing students to become active participants in the learning process.
Through the garden, students gain an understanding of ecosystems, an
appreciation for food origins and nutrition, and knowledge of plant and animal
life cycles. At the same time, they learn practical agricultural skills that
last a lifetime.
Running a school garden
requires not only agricultural knowledge but also “people skills”. Other useful
qualities are enthusiasm and organizational capacity. There is need to plan and
manage, find resources, get help and support, keep in touch with those
involved, organize garden work and lessons, motivate people, and publicize
garden achievements. Fundamental part of the school gardens of the CEP is the
involvement of parents with management and work on the school garden. In
addition through involvement of agricultural extension services (LG, NAADS,
MAAIF, etc) the school garden will be used as a broader learning centre. In the
last phase the school garden learning site will be linked with more learning
sites at Household level in the community.
The purpose of the garden at School is to enable increase in food
security through increased productivity and incomes at household level;
secondly it should lead to improved quality of education at primary school
level through effective participation of parents in school activities.
BIC will continue to update her partners on the school garden concept using multimedia approach.
Compiled by:
1. Geofrey Isingoma
2. Mairam Lhumika
3. Edson Kule
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