Al Hirja Nagar

(Twinned with Newland House School Strawberry Hill)

This is a primary school (grades one through five) located in Hithaya Puram (P/20), in the vicinity of Pottuvil lagoon. Currently there are three teachers in addition to the principal. As in all other schools, the principals have too many responsibilities to teach. The student population is 143 of which 139 are in the tsunami affected population. Three additional teachers have been recruited:

One primary school teacher.
One English teacher.
One art teacher.

Al Kalam Vidyalaya

(twinned with Collis Teddington and St Saviours Paddington)

This is a school from grades one through nine located in Pottuvil town. The student population is 817, of which 170 are in the affected population. This school originally had nineteen teachers including the principal but three teachers have been transferred north to their hometowns of Akkaraipattu and Kalmunai which were severely affected by the tsunami.

Twelve teachers have been recruited:

Six primary school teachers
Three english teachers
Two religion teachers
Two art teachers
One science teacher
One math teacher

Al Alaqza

(Twinned with Kingston Grammar School and Lady Eleanor Holles)

This is a school from grades one through nine located in Arugam Bay (P/5). The school has 504 students of which most are in the affected population. Originally the school had 16 teachers including the principal but five have been relocated. Six teachers have been recruited:

Two English teachers
One math teacher
One primary
One science
One art teacher

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Budget
Current teacher salaries in Pottuvil Division are as follows:

Teacher Salaries (per head per month)
English Teachers Rs.7500.00
All other teachers Rs.7000.00
Special Trained teachers (all subjects), retired Starting at Rs.9000.00

In order to avoid conflict with the existing teachers it is advisable to pay slightly lower salaries for the untrained teachers that will be hired and invest in further training over the next few months so that in the future they will have the qualifications to receive this level of salary independent of the current project. The salary figure suggested:

Teacher Salaries (per head per month)
English Teachers Rs.6500.00
All other teachers Rs.6000.00

Given the duration of this first phase, the costs will be as follows:

6 english teachers for 6 months: Rs. 234,000.00
15 teachers in the other subjects for 6 months: Rs. 540,000.00
TOTAL Rs. 774,000.00

Additional costs may be incurred to train teachers pending on the development of a coherent project to bring training to the area.

Modified 28-Jui-2005