Page 22, Wiltby Fre PM"u, Wodnesiayl nuaiy29. Sylvia Mbekean i TRAFALGAR CASTLE I thinlc teachers in Canada should appreciate that they work ln a country where they do not have to teach a group of students averagng 160 studenta per classrooen. This la not a joke but a realiy lu some parts of the worl4 including my native country mal".î Lookcixg at the littie children sitting on the. floor and writing on littie lateo with a piece of chalk, one would say they are reaily fighting for what they want -- knowledge. Clasaroome are without a heater in the cold season; neither deaks nor chairs nor writing niateriala are supplied in the lower grades due to insufficient f1unds. In higlier grades, the nwnber of pupils decreass somewhat -- 70 is " m snallest number these g&ade can have. The number chages as the grades go higher as man students drop out. Thefr parents cannot afford to pay the education fees per annum. On top of achool fees, par ents have the responsibility to byEchoo 1 niorsfor their children. O1c'. t7e.chld has learned how.to read and write, many parents fbel she or hehas learned enogh. whspaet can afford to pay thie school fees go on further until Grade 8, at which tixue students throughout the. country write the. Malawi national examinations. ONTARIO -SCHOLARSI.O HENRY STREET HIGH SCHOOL Michael Brown Michelle Craig Ken Mann Amber Morgan Angela Peigrims Michelle Titterton moaio mro escaWsha Every year, almoot 16,000 students write the examination andonIiythose with an Aor A+ are selected ta start their secondary education at one of the 60 secoudary schools. Since there are more primary schools and fewer secondary schools, a student eau repeat Grade 8 at lat five times just Wo get into a eecondary school. Most pupils drop out f-rom primary school because of failure or the stress of going through the same lass for several years. In secondary schools, the average clama size is up to 50 students. Tii. national examina- tdons are written in form two, which is the equivalent of Grade 10. At this grade, there is not much competition. A student passes and continues Wo Grade il and thon to Grade 12, which is ca]led form four. At form four, a student must work very liard Wo pass ail six courses with an A or A+ juat tW have a chance to make it to one of Malawi's five universities. Sadly, a student with blgh Bs in ail six courses may b. left out frcSm university sélection. Prom this experience, I would urge Canadian students and teachers Wo appreclate the tecbnology that has iniproved their educational system. Most Malawian students are struggling Wo get the best education they can, but bocause of insufficient educational equipxnont, they are unable Wo progrssa wlth their education. I happen to b. one of thoe lucky girls fromn Malawi who have corne tW Canada and experiencod the good education systemn that Canada provides trough Trafagar Castle School. It bas doue a lot for me iu my two years of study. Jennifer Ayling FATHER LEO J, AUSTIN The Austin community was greatly saddeued Wo hear the tr-aic news of Paul Caiey's death. Mr. Caloy paased away suddonly ln bis home on Jan. 15. A beautiful servie was held at St. John tiie Evangelist Churcli on Jan. 19, and iu honour of Mr. Caley, plana are uuderway for a commemorative service at Austin uometime after exanis. Mr. Cae ywa just another music tecer, ho was a very important t of all our lves. H was a gratfiend who inspired us al W do our best., He was a mani with aniazffng patience who took our school music prograni and made it what it la today. Mr. C¶iley was loved and respecteC., fot only by hNa teacher-colleagues, but by the. students as welI. He will forever remain in aur hearte. One thing 18 for sure, wheuever I start Wo miss Mr. Caley, al l'il have Wo do is look lu my heart and visualize Mr. Caley directing the band, Siing away, bis crazy bair fiattened by the ridiculous Bermuda bat ho wore with sucli pride. Mr. Caley, we love you and w. will neyer forget you. THE PALACE GUARD stands at attention as the royal party arrives for a medieval feast held récently at Glen Dhu Public School. The school pu!led out ail the stops for the event --- each student played a specifilo mie and dressed up in appropriate garb for the occasion. Photo by Mark Rooso, Whby Fros Presa Chelan Scott DURHAM ADULT LEARNING CENTRE Multicultural lunches, Out- reach prograins, dinner draws, euchre tournanients and 50 draws are what's happening at DASE thia month. Students in the entrepre- neurship clama have b4@n busy pli",g those events- while leaning the. ina and outs of starting a business. I want students tW understand the importünce of planning when thoy start new venturea," saya teacher Julian Luko, and "it allows them W b. active by addressing oppotunÎties in the school.7 Tho otrepreneurship course is different from other business courses. It covers everything from accounting to advertising. Students hear frôn the very first day that the most important thing they can do is reeesrh and plan. "Merchants in the COmmunit are always generous when wo ask for donations for the différent activities in the achool," says Luke. On. project that la currently running in an Outreach prograxu lu MidWown Mail. It is a commurnty awarenes campaign design.d to inform the public about DASE. Lori Battains, a student, says, -I involved myseif lu the Outreach Inrogram W make the public more aware of DASE and to show that anyone can get their Grade 12 diploena, even if they have been out of achool a long tinie." Emotions Anonyinous sup- port group meets Thursday, at 7 p.m., 110 Aah St., Whltby. For more informa- tion, oeil Marge at 728-6484 or Gloria at 5764769.