Schools

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The project annexed to the school buildings a building, that was used by the ED’s administration staff and which consists of (16) classrooms, thus increased the school buildings from 4 to 5 buildings. Through availing a new building and redesigning the internal spaces of the buildings, Takatof created spaces for establishing the following extra classrooms, activities and other rooms/lab that were badly needed as shown in the needs assessments of the school:

· 8 New Classrooms

· Science Lab

· Music Room

· Art Education Room

· Open space for Art Activities (Pergola)

·  Physical Education (storage room)

· Industrial Classroom

· Agriculture Room

· Home Economics Room

· Radio and Press Room

· Christian Religion Classroom

· Resources Room for students with learning difficulties

· Multi-Purpose Hall (Theater)

·  3 Teachers’ Rooms

· Social Workers’ Room

· Psychologists’ Room

· Additional room for the administrative

· Exams Control Room

· Supplies Room

· Mosque (Men/Women)

· Canteen

· In addition to the increase in the total number of restrooms from (18) to (36)

o   from (8) to (12) restrooms for the boys in the primary stage

o   from (6) to (13) restrooms for the girls in the primary stage

o   from (2) to (4) restrooms for KGs

o   from (2) to (5) teacher restrooms:

·  from (1) to (2) for the men

·  from (1) to (3) for women

And (2) restrooms annexed to the mosque:

o   (1) restroom for men

o   (1) restroom for women

In Addition to:

· Enlarging the Playground.

· Separating the KG area and providing it with additional restrooms special for KGs.

· Introducing Solar Power to generate school needed electricity.

· Installing Surveillance Cameras inside the school.

In addition to implementing the following specialized works:

· Installing an additional staircase to one of the buildings.

· Enlarging one of the staircases in another building.

· Installing a sandwich panel ceiling to replace a deflected concrete ceiling in the building that was annexed to the school.

· Implementing specialized maintenance to some of the concrete columns, ceilings and stairwells.

· Enlarging the buildings entrances.

·  Elevating school’s front fence and fixing cracks.

·  Installing iron handrails to the staircases and corridors.

·   A complete upgrade of the infrastructure (electricity network and water supply/sewage network)

·  Installing a fire extinguishing system in the school.

· Demolition of the dilapidated toilets building and other dilapidated rooms in the school.

It is worth mentioning that as Takatof adheres to the special needs’ code in its upgraded schools. Accordingly, this code was implemented in 2 classrooms, 2 restrooms (one for boys & one for girls) and a ramp was provided in the school.

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Om El Moemnin Preparatory School for Girls, is comprised of 3 buildings and has been renovated during a 7 months period with an approximate cost of LE 3.5 million of which LE 156,000 were donated by Rotary Club Cairo Sunrise towards furnishing classrooms. ABB also contributed with LE 180,000 for the full renovation and furnishing of Om El Moemnin Clinic for Students, affiliated to the Health Insurance General Authority.
The School serves 404 students and 43 teachers and staff and has the capacity to accommodate 648 students.
The Association was able to not only upgrade the whole school, and provide all necessary furniture and equipment, but also create rooms for the following:

• A Multipurpose Room (theater)
• Music Room
• A Closed Gym
• News and Journalism Room
• Talent Room
• An Exhibition room for the students’ activities
• A Multipurpose Pergola to be used as an open classroom or art space etc.
• Canteen
• An Employees’ Affairs’ Room
• School Psychologist Room
• Health Visitor Room
• A Supplies’ Room

In addition to :

• Special Needs’ Facilities
• The school yard has been paved and ready for different sports activities.
• The integration of an IT Academy (Information Technology Lab) to be used by teachers of El Sayeda Zeinab area.
• All ground floor classrooms’ walls have been 1/3 tiled inside and outside to remedy the humidity problem in the area.

The Association believes that the development process will not be completed without human development and the provision of various services. Therefore, according to needs assessment, a teachers’ capacity building program entitled “the skills needed to deal with teenagers” was implemented before the inauguration of the renovated school.
Takatof has also created a choir consisting of 30 students.

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Mohamed Ali School for Boys was in a bad shape from the structural point of view, yet with a potential for more students because of its available size. The school served at the time of upgrade (329) students and (29) teachers and staff.

Accordingly, Takatof embarked, not only on upgrading the school that needed complete renovation, but also focused on better utilizing the total space and reopening the unused rooms (used for inventory etc.). As a result, the number of classrooms doubled from 9 to 18 and allowed to have classrooms for all the school’s activities. In addition, it enabled the Education Department to integrate El Talia Preparatory School for Boys with its (288) students (thus doubling the number of students) and its (31) teachers and staff.

As a result of Takatof’s work throughout the past 6 months the Association was able to reshuffle and reorganize the spaces available creating new rooms for the following activities:

1. A Multipurpose Room (theater)
2. Music Room
3. Art Room
4. Talent Room
5. News and Journalism Room

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El Kamal School is Takatof’s 17th school that has been renovated in Cairo and Giza Governorates, 4 of which were in El Darb El Ahmar area. This is in addition to reshuffling and reorganizing the spaces available in order to create new rooms for the different activities. The renovation’s total cost reached LE 4 million of which LE 503,000 were donated by ABB and went towards the creation of a separate area for KGs with its own play area and washrooms. The additions included the following:

• Primary Computer Lab.
• Boys and girls washrooms.
• A separate playground.

At the time of upgrading the school served (760) students and now serves around (800) students. The school’s renovation took 8 months during which the Association was able to reinforce some parts of the weak structure of the school, including the staircase, and demolish a building that was on the verge of collapsing. By reshuffling and reorganizing the spaces available the Association was able to create space for the following rooms and activities:

• Multimedia Lab.
• Art Classroom
• Music Classroom
• Physical Education Classroom

2) In Addition to:

• 1 teachers Room
• 3 new Classrooms
• 2 classrooms for children with special needs

New washrooms divided as follows:

• Students:  13 new washrooms to bring the total to 26
• Special Needs:  2 washrooms.
• Teachers and Staff: 7 washrooms to bring the total to 8.

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The school is situated in Rabaa Al-Adawiyah area and has been subjected to severe damage after the toppling of former President Mohamed Morsi, when his supporters turned it into a sit-in camp.

Takatof decided to help as part of its school upgrading efforts and fully furnished the totally damaged school.

The Association has quickly refurnished the classes, labs and different activity rooms so the students can use them with the beginning of the school year.

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Before its upgrade, El Orouba Primary School consisted of (12) primary classrooms serving (451) students, (1) community classroom serving (33) students and a workforce of (44) teachers and admin staff. The school did not include a KG section and no activity rooms were available. After the upgrade, the Association added, through creating and redistributing spaces, a KG section,  separate from the primary school, consisting of (2) classrooms, with KG restrooms and a playground. This is in addition to establishing activity rooms, other rooms/lab, according to the needs assessment of the school, as follows:

•  Science Lab

• Music Room

•Art Education Room

•Home Economics Room

•Industrial Classroom

•Agriculture Room

•Physical Education Room

•Radio and Press Room

•Resources Room

•Kitchenette annexed to the Community Classroom

•(2) Teachers’ Rooms

•Christian Religion Classroom

•Canteen

These spaces were availed by:

1. Building (5) rooms on part of the roof of building #1.

2. Annexing the corridor on the ground floor of building #2 to the existing rooms and dividing them into (3) spaces instead of the (2) existing spaces.

3. Closing off an unused area in building #3 and availing (4) spaces.

In addition to:

•Increasing the total number of restrooms of the primary section from (8) to (15)

  * from (4) to (6) restrooms for boys

  * from (3) to (7) restrooms for girls

  * from (1) shared teachers’ restroom to (2) separate restrooms. 

• Equipping the playground with necessary sports’ equipment (football/volley ball/basketball).

•Availing an open-air classroom for the primary section.

•Increasing the height of some of the doors as they were too low.

•Installing iron handrails to all staircases and corridors.

•Connecting (2) buildings through the newly availed music classroom which could be used to make it easier for students to get to the activity rooms in both buildings.

After the upgrade, the school’s capacity has increased to(642) students as follows: (72) students in the KG section,(504) students in the primary section and (48) students in the community classroom.Also, the number of teachers will increase from (35) teachers to over (40) teachers, after availing the necessary teachers for all the activities and the KG section.

It is worth mentioning that Takatof adhered to the disability code in its upgrade, which was reflected in (1) classroom, the science lab and restrooms (one for boys & one for girls), in addition to ramps to facilitate the students’ movement in the school.

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The School has been upgraded as per the cooperation protocol between Suez Cement Company and Takatof Association for Development which was signed in July 2014. Takatof Association for Development has contributed 8% of the total cost. The school served at the time of upgrade (832) students and (50) teachers and staff.

As Takatof Association for Development carries out development work based on needs assessment, along with regular construction and renovation work, it re-allocated the unused spaces which resulted in the following:

1)Increased number of classes from 15 to 23, including one class for students with special needs.

2)Providing activity areas which were not previously available:

• Multi-purpose room (theatre).
• Sports room
• Music room

Besides the following rooms:

• 2 staff rooms
• Supplies room
• Canteen

3)Increased number of washrooms from 8 to 19 including 2 washrooms designated for students with special needs.

4)Allocation of separate washrooms for female and male teachers.

In addition to:

• Placing acrylic window panes instead of ordinary glass for student safety.
• Flooring the playground.
• Providing a multi-purpose playing ground for holding various sports activities in the school.

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Takatof embarked on upgrading Saft El Sharkeya Preparatory School, in four and a half months’ time, with a fund of LE 3 Million, of which (LE 2,516,000) funded by AlexBank and the remaining 15 % contribution of the total cost from Takatof. The total fund covered the physical upgrade, furnishings, supplies, and ongoing human development programs & services which includes a teachers’ capacity building program and the formation of a 43 mixed choir trained by Takatof music teacher. This upgrade brings the number of schools upgraded by Takatof in Beni Suef to 3 and the total upgrades to 23 schools.

The school was comprised of 3 buildings and is divided into 2 sections:

• The boys section with 189 students, 5 classrooms and 20 staff members (including teachers and administration).
• The girls section with 166 students, 4 classrooms and 18 staff members (including teachers and administration).
•  In addition to 10 teachers assigned between the two sections.

After upgrade the school has now become one mixed school with one administration.

As a result of a needs’ assessment, Takatof was able to, not only redistribute the space available in the school, but also create rooms for the following activity rooms:

• Music Room
• Art Education Room
• Physical Education Hall
• Radio and Press Room

In Addition to:

• 3 New Classrooms
• Christian Religion Classroom
• Science Lab. Preparation Room
• Multi-Purpose Hall
• 2 Teachers’ Rooms
• Psychologist room
• Social Worker Room
• Secretary Room
• Mosque (Men/Women)
• Canteen
• Supplies Room

Also increasing the restrooms’ numbers

–        from 4 to 6 restrooms for the boys

–        from 4 to 5 for the girls

The Association was also able to upgrade and transform one classroom to adhere to the Special Needs’ Code; this in addition to the special needs’ restrooms.

The upgrade also included:

• Leveling the playground with the street level
• Rebuilding and reinforcing the corridors’ railings to ensure the students’ safety
• Reinforcing the staircase
• Reconstructing the school walls as they were dilapidated
• Establishing a side entrance for  the students’ safety
• Equipping the playground with necessary sports’ needs (football/volley ball/basketball)

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Takatof embarked on upgrading Atf Afwah Primary School for Boys based on the request of the Japanese Grant Assistance for Grassroots and Human Security Projects, and through a protocol between Takatof and the Japanese Grant. The school cost L.E. 2,650,000 of which L.E. 2 million has been donated by the Grant which covered the physical upgrade, teachers’ capacity building and the students’ developmental and entertaining activities. Takatof contributed with 25% of the cost which covered furniture, and equipment and ongoing student development programs and medical services and the formation of a 33 boys choir trained by Takatof music teacher.

Before upgrading, the primary section of the school consisted of 16 classrooms serving 773 students. The school also had 3 mixed KG classes serving 68 students and 1 community classroom for girls serving 17 students and 33 teachers and staff. The projected capacity of the primary section after the upgrade is 18 classrooms to serve up to 882 students
in Primary, and the capacity of the KG classes will increase to 100 students, as
for the community classroom, its capacity will increase to 30 students.
As a result of a needs’ assessment, Takatof was able to not only redistribute the space available in the school, but also create rooms for the following activity rooms:•

• Music Room
• Art Education Room
• Physical Education Room
• Radio and Press Room

In Addition to:

• Computer lab
• 2 New Classrooms
• Christian Religion Classroom
• 2 Teachers’ Rooms
• Secretary Room
• Teaching Aids Room
• Mosque
• Canteen
• Supplies Room

The upgrade also included:

• Equipping the school with a 3 m³ capacity water tank, to be used when water pressure is low in the village.
• Replacing the existing 25 m³ septic tank, with a larger 40 m³ capacity tank.
• Equipping the playground with necessary sports’ needs (football/volleyball/basketball)
• Acrylic window panes were mounted on all the school’s windows for the students’ safety.

As Takatof believes in comprehensive development, it conducted the following teachers and school administration’s capacity building programs based on the results of needs’ assessment :

• Educational Techniques
• Curriculum content analysis
• How to deal with a child

Takatof also has been training a (33) students’ school choir.

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Atf Afwah Preparatory School for Boys, in Wasta, Beni Suef, consisting of 1 building, has been upgraded in cooperation with ABB for Electrical Industries and Takatof Association for Development. ABB has financed the upgrade of the School Building in addition to the science and multimedia labs., the social worker’s room situated in another building in addition to all lab. furnishings, educational equipment and school furniture as part of its corporate social responsibility with a total cost of 750,000 Egyptian Pounds.

It is worth mentioning that this is the second cooperation between Takatof and ABB after the KG building of El Kamal School in Gamaleya.

Nahdet Beni Suef Corporation contributed technically and financially in the upgrade of the infrastructure of the preparatory washrooms situated in a separate building and the primary school’s washrooms, with a cost of 150,000 Egyptian Pounds.

The school serves (258) students and (36) between administration, teachers and staff

As Takatof Association for Development carries out its development work based on needs’ assessment. Along with regular construction and renovation, Takatof re-allocates and uses the unused spaces which resulted in the following:

1.      Increasing the number of classrooms to (7) classes, including one class for students with special needs, which means the reduction of the number of students per classroom.
2.      Providing activity rooms which were not previously available:

• Art room
• Music Room
• Sports room
• Agriculture classroom

In addition to the following rooms:

3.      Teachers’ room allocated for female teachers.
4.      Separating administrative rooms according to space available.
5.      Raising the washrooms’ efficiency and adding the following:

• A washroom designated for students with disabilities.
• A separate washroom for female teachers.

The Association believes that the development process will not be completed without human development and the provision of various services. Therefore, according to needs assessment, a student’s awareness program for school maintenance will be conducted, to ensure its sustainability. It will also provide capacity building programs for the teachers