Empress Mentewab School
How many children attend the school?
In Gondar city, for the 2008-09 academic year, the school had 64 pupils - 24 in a Grade 2 class and two Grade 1 classes of 20.
For 2009-10, the school was closed while it was moved to its new rural location in the village of Dib Bahir and building work commenced.
For the current 2010-11 year, there are three classes and a total of 60 children:
Playgroup 1 (3-year-olds) - 20 pupils
Playgroup 2 (4-year-olds) - 20 pupils
Infants 1 (5-year-olds) - 20 pupils
These children will move up each year, from Nursery via Infants (1 and 2) to Primary (Grades 1 to 5). Class sizes will be a maximum of 20 (ten boys and ten girls). By September 2016 the school will have its full capacity of 180 pupils aged 3 to 11 in classes from Playgroup 1 up to Grade 5.

Grade 1 classroom in 2008, when the school was located in Gondar (it is an Art lesson and the children are making collages)