BACKGROUND

The school was founded by Mr Sebestine Hi-Lance. The vision to start a school came about when he met a group of children playing by a bridge in the Kingtom area where he lived, who should have been in school at that particular time of the day.

He started to hold small classes under a tree and before he knew it, the number of children had grown to the point where it became impractical for him to continue in that fashion.

Hi-Lance School was opened on 1st October 2003 in a small building with 30 students. They have since been evicted from that building.

CURRENT STATUS

The school is currently located in New Street, 7up, Kingtom with 200 students in attendance. The entire school is run in a cramped building with just three rooms, where three or more classes are held in each room with partitions to separate the classes.

In 2007, Hi-Lance began to enter their students for the NPC exams (National Primary School Exams) and they have consistently achieved outstanding results.

The highest pass mark for the school has continued to rise each year and is now just a few marks below the highest national pass mark.

Exam Results So Far:

Years	No: Of Student From Hi-Lance	Pass Mark From Hi-Lance	Pass Mark From Hi-Lance	National Highest Pass Mark
		Highest	Lowest
2007	7	330	280	378
2008	12	338	270	375
2007	17	345	240	368

OTHER FACTS

Number of Students = 200 (this is subject to change in the new school year in September 2010).

• Number of Teachers = 9


• Number of Nannies = 1


• Number of Classes = 9

Subjects taught at the school include English, Maths, French, Science and Social Studies.

Fees for the School:

3yrs to 6yrs old pay 40,000 Leones
7yrs to 11yrs old pay 60,000 Leones

Exchange rate @ 25th September 2009 (the date we visited the school) was 6200 Leones to £1

CURRENT CONSTRAINTS

Trying to get school fees from the parents of the children attending the school in order to pay their teachers.

TYPES OF HELP NEEDED

Building materials are needed for the new building and also stationery items for the children and the school.

Background

Fattah Rahman Municipal School is a government assessed/subsidised school which was opened in October 1963 by the late mayor of Freetown Alderman Abdul Fattah Rahman

The School was divided into two separate parts for Infants and Juniors in 2006/07.

Current Status

The Infants section accommodates Classes 1, 2 and 3 and the Juniors section accommodates Classes 4, 5 and 6.

The Infants section currently has 333 students with the following breakdown:-

Class	Boys	Girls	Total
1a	27	27	54
1b	20	36	54
2a	24	26	50
2b	25	25	50
3a	24	36	60
3b	29	36	65
Total	149	184	333
The number of staff including the Head Teacher Mrs Sylvia Johnson is 7.

Other Information

The Sierra Leone government currently subsidises the school with 500,000 leones per term for the 333 students. This amount is used to meet the costs of general maintenance, day to day running, stationery and other costs of the school. The Junior section is headed by Mrs Hazinatu Pratt and has 400 students.

Fees

The students are not required to pay school fees but are expected to pay their examination fees and a few other things. Louminati Youth Leadership Foundation and Tebbs Second Chances will focus on supporting the Infants section of Fattah Rahman.