Lower Basic Education starts at age 6 to7, when children leave Nursery School.  Students will stay for 6 years, leaving at age 12 to13 to move on to Upper Basic School for a further 3 years.

The Centre does not have a Lower Basic School so currently all the children from our Nursery classes go to the local schools in Bakoteh.  We would like to keep them at the Centre so that we can continue to develop their education in line with our curriculum. 

We plan to build a new block attached to our existing facilities at the Sunrise Centre. Over 2 floors we will have:- 2 classrooms (for Lower Basic years 1 and 2) , 3 boys’ and 3 girls’ toilets, 2 rooms (a new office plus staffroom/library/sick room), plus foundations for 4 future classrooms

Our Outline plan:

Now - Keep on raising the cash required (we have £37,000 and need £3,000 more for Phase 1)

Jan 2012 – We have begun building Phase 1 (We have a good builder with whom we have previously worked)

Jan/Jun 2012 – Develop Lower Basic School Curriculum and lesson structures (We will need some people to help here)

May/Jul 2012 – Interview and appoint our first Lower Basic Teacher (We will need some help here as well)

Jun 2012 – Equip at least one classroom with desks, chairs and the resources needed

Sep 2012 – Open the new Lower Basic School and promote our current Nursery children into it.

Within the next two years we will need £20,000 more to complete the school building, with additional money needed to equip and operate the extra classrooms.

Each new class will then add a further £2,000 a year to the operating costs of Sunrise, in order to cover the teacher's salary plus the furniture and resources needed.