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The
school is located some 43 Kilometers South-West of Musoma
township on the Musoma-Bukima road, close to Suguti village and
Lake Victoria. It was first built in 1955 as a boys' middle
school by the then South Mara Native Authority, and catered for
standard V-VIII boys. As the system of education changed, the
school was later turned into a full fledged primary school.
Following this, boarding facilities were scrapped.
In the 1990's the school was converted into a co-educational
secondary school, catering for both boys and girls. Some
haphazard accommodation for girls was improvised to cater for
girls coming from distant places in the region (the
Kamora
Secondary School
is the only Secondary School for the Nyamrandirira Ward, the
Suguti Ward and the Meerangi Ward). Water sources being so
scarce in the area, students had to walk a distance of about 600
meters to fetch water the Lake Victoria. Not the distance was
the obstacle in this case but the fact that the shores of Lake
Victoria are covered in reed which is the natural habitat for
crocodiles and snakes.
The
school currently has 516 students, 279 boys and 237 girls and is
supported by 13 teachers. It has a farming project running to
satisfy the boarding schools need for nutrition for the
students’ and teachers’ meals, supporting and following
Mwalimu Nyerere’s opinion that “primary and secondary
schools must prepare young people for the realities and needs of
Tanzania”. This way the students learn to rely on themselves
through agriculture which is extremely important in an area like
Musoma Rural where 80% of the income comes from farming. But the
farming projects don’t only supply the school but the
community around the school as well. All
in all 650 people are benefiting from it.
Since becoming a Member of Parliament for Musoma Rural, Hon.
Mkono, with the help and assistance of the Kasoma Secondary
School Board of governors and the financial support of the
Embassy of the United States of America, has managed to
modernize the school, and improve the lives of the students,
with:
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a new dormitory for girls,
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a diesel-generator to supply the school with
electricity for currently 5 hours a day,
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a 'Kijito' windpump and water reservoir to
supply the school with running water. This 25-Million-Shilling
project supplies the water demand of not only the students and
teachers but also of the villagers living around the school as
well as the UN Peace Corps. The pump currently produces 20
liters of water a minute which is collected in a 53 m³ tank
next to the school.
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books for the library
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computers
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and two vehicles.
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