Training of Informal School Teachers

As we come out of Covid and life returns to some kind of normality the opportunity to get back to a fully operational organisation is paramount. Immediately after getting the recent marks for KCSE secondary exams we had a new cohort of Form 4 (Yr.13 in UK terms) leavers asking to become Trainee Supervisors before going off to University. There is a driving momentum by these individuals to "give back" as they realise that many would propably not have been able to progress to University if it wasn't for the Schools of Hope.These extra Trainees are also essential as the numbers of students has grown now to alsmost 4,000 students requiring more supervisors and coaches. So not only are we contiuing to train our original cohort of Volunteer Supervisors but we are also starting the process again with the new cohort. Much of the training therefore has become ongoing with a mixture of starter & refresher courses. Certificates for the equivalent of CRB/DBS can be obtained in Kenya at a fee but it is often suggested that the check is not always as important as the fee. For this reason all our Volunteer Supervisors are known to the Community in which they work and known personally by the SoH organising Committee.Thereafter the training in Due Diligence and Child Protection as well the disciplines of roles and expectations of volunteer supervisors goes a long way to create a safe and secure environment for the supervisors and students to operate. Life skills, Girls Empowerment programmes and Expectations and Responsibilities for boys along with Good Citizenship courses as well as sports coaching courses creates a firm framework for our Schools of Hope to prosper. The fact that we continue to have Form 4 leavers wanting to act as Supervisors allows ChallengeAid to have a secure and sustainable future with most of our Supervisors having come through the system and knowing how we operate and the expectations that they are taking on.