Professional Secondary School of Agriculture

Darussalam Village Awdegle Zone

Lower Shabelle Region Background Basically, the livelihood of Darussalam Community is sustained on Subsistence Farming Agriculture. Main staple crops of the Zone are maize and sesame followed by other cash crops like pulses(groundnuts, cowpeas, mungbeans) and horticultural crops like banana, plantain, lemon, grapefruits, coconuts, mangoes, water melon papaya, and moreover, vegetable crops: tomatoes, onions, carrots, and various leafy vegetables and tuber crops(sweet potatoes). The community of Darussalam attracted the potentiality and accessibility of their resources(Land and Water) available in Awdegle Zone, have come a plan to improve their own livelihoods; furthermore, improve production/unit area of their crops: quality of the product and marketability of the product. Thus, the idea came towards establishing a Professional Secondary School of Agriculture which temporarily accommodates students from Intermediate school of Darussalam and other neighbouring villages of Lower Shabelle region. The Professional School of Darussalam was established in the year 2004 with the objectives to:

• Create Highly Skilled Agricultural Technicians equipped with modern agricultural techniques in all disciplines of crop production and animal husbandry,

• Provide Agric Technicians capable working Agricultural Development Projects of Lower Shabelle/Neighbouring regions,

• Provide trained teachers for the Professional Secondary School of Darussalam, • Allow certain graduated students from this Professional Secondary School to go higher studies in

Universities for BSc and MSc in different disciplines of Agricultural Science. • Provide Agricultural Researchers and Extension Agents for the Agricultural Projects of Lower

Shabelle /neighbouring regions. Initially, the School building was built with materials of the bush products(poles and sticks) and coconut- palm leaves on the roof –this was the efforts of the Darussalam Community; later on, the school was rebuilt in bricks/stones with iron sheet roof- this was accomplished financially by the CIDA(CANADA Aid Agency). In the other hand, the monthly salaries of the school teachers/guard/cleaner and other expense to run the school were sponsored by the Community of Darussalam. The Secondary School of Darussalam is a twin Secondary school of Agriculture supported earlier by the WFL in Marka district, actually denoted as Ayuub Secondary School of Agriculture. As a matter of fact, recurrent droughts /poor harvest, crop failures caused by adverse effects of the seasonal weathers, and unreliable gravity irrigation of the River Shabelle have depleted the resources of the Community of Darussalam. The Community is actually unable to sustain all expenses for the smooth run of the School. The inevitable calamities affected badly the resources of the Community of Darussalam; for that reason, the Community is seeking assistance in material and financial support for the Professional Secondary School of Agriculture.

2. Actual Situation of the School 2.1 Building Actually the school building comprises four classrooms to accommodate students from form-1 to form-4; one room office for the school manager and two toilets. 2.2 Students The numbers of students attending the school from Form-1 to Form-4 are 67 students -of which 49 male student s and 18 female students. About 55 of the students are from Darussalam and Mubaarak villages; the remaining are students of neighbouring villages which get boarding and lodging from the Community of Darussalam. 2.3 Academic Courses of the School The academic courses of the School are clearly designed to give the attending students in four years a concise concepts in all disciplines of agricultural sciences, moreover, besides the agricultural sciences of the courses; students of the school would be able compete other Ordinary Secondary Schools of Lower Shabelle region. Below Table-A is furnished the academic courses of the Professional Secondary School of Agriculture: Table-

A Form-I

Form-2 Form-3 Form-4

Term-1 Courses Courses Courses Courses Introduction to

Agriculture Crops Animal

husbandry Animal husbandry

Animal husbandry Animal husbandry

Agric Engineering

Farm Implements

Agric Engineering Agric Engineering

Economics Farm Accounts

Economics Economics English Biology English English Maths Chemistry Maths Maths Biology Physics Biology Biology Chemistry Entomology Chemistry Chemistry Physics Pathology Physics Physics Crops Maths Soil Science English Term-2 Crops Crops Animal

husbandry Animal husbandry

Animal husbandry Animal husbandry

Agric Engineering

Farm Implements

Agric Engineering Agric Engineering

Economics Farm Accounts

Economics Economics English Biology English English Maths Chemistry Maths Maths Biology Physics

Biology Biology Chemistry Entomology Chemistry Chemistry Physics Pathology Physics Physics Maths Soil Science English 2.4 School Staff The teaching staff of the School are 8(eight) in number and 4 (four) teacher assistants; of which one teacher besides being a teaching staff, it will routinely be headmaster of the school; a guard to look after the school safety and a cleaner of the school. 2.5 Sponsorship The community of Darussalam was committed to sponsor financially the Scholl from 2004 to present date; but lack of marketability of the agricultural produce, recurrent floods, crop failures, poor harvest; adverse seasonal events have exasperated the blight of the community of Darussalam. The community of Darussalam used to pay the monthly salaries of the teachers, the school guard and the cleaner of the school. The total monthly expense to run the school is $ 2,500. 3. Innovations 3.1 Assistance Additional assistance is needed to reorganize following sectors of the school:

• Construction of Library hall and provision of books for the secondary school of agriculture -that matches best the above academic courses of the school(2.3).

• Construction of Agronomy and Soil lab rooms and essential equipments for Agronomy and soil labs of Secondary level of Agriculture.

• Provision of school farm and farm machinery equipments/farm machinery workshop tools.

3.2 Training The actual Teachers of the school thoroughly need Training on Teaching Methods, update the Teachers on the Evolving Modern Agricultural Science on crop production, Research and Extension in all Disciplines of Agricultural Science. 3.3 Computers Construction of a hall to accommodate number of computers is badly needed. Provision of Computers to enable students to visit World Wide Scientific Webs and Personal Contacts of e-mails are required. 3.4 Office Equipment Office equipments to serve the school students are necessary.

3.5 Sponsorship The Community is seeking Financial Support for the Teachers/Guard/ Cleaner and other expenses to run the Professional school.

School Building

School compound

Toilets

School compound

Practical field activities both boys and girls are participating in the field

Please any contact you can reach;

1) Suldan Bube Suldan Abdulle Bube Phone: +252 699 987538/+252 618 343144 Email: buwe696@hotmail.com

2) Eng. Mohamed sidow Abdi Phone: +252 615 494229 / +252 699 494229 Email: Msidow@gmail.com