Background Information

PROFILE SUMMARY

Name   :  Little Prince Nursery and Primary School

Started: 2000

Location: Langata division – next to makina market off Karanja road (kibera)

No. of pupils:

                           Primary section:   254

               Nursery section:     51

                Total:                    305

Status of school: Community School- registered by the government as private

school in 2010.

Catchments area: Kibera slum

Beneficiaries:  1^st  Category : Orphans, semi orphans and vulnerable (OVC) of Kibera

                        2^nd  Category:   Fee payers – Parents who pay school fees by themselves- – also known as self sponsored ( they form 5% of the school population)

Teachers: All trained from Government Colleges .Qualified with P1 Certificates.

Problematic Budget Components: 

Ø      The school canteen(the feeding program )

Ø      The teacher’s salary

Ø      The didactic materials 

Curriculum: 8-4-4.

 History of the school

The school began in 2000 initially as a remedial centre. The centre began with seven children and one teacher, and they were hosted in two classes in a school run by catholic brothers of St Charles Lwanga in Gatwekera . The one room remedial class grew into a full class of 25 children by the end of 2000.Towards the end of year a catholic NGO (International Service Volunteers association ) which works in kibera  decided to support the beginning of a complete formal school .The first 25 children formed the first class after which the school developed gradually. There was no school fees charged since the NGO provided the education freely and whatever the parents contributed was just symbolic.

As the school grew there was need for more space to allow future development. Since the school had been operating within another school. the NGO thus searched for another land around the slum . In 2004 it purchased a land where it is currently situated and with the help of well wishers the school was constructed by February 2005.

In March 2005 the school was completed and was  ready for use. It  was officially inaugurated on May 23^rd 2005. By then minister for education Prof George Saitoti, the school has eight classes, kitchen , dinning hall ,a theater, and administrative  offices