How is a child selected to join the school?

For the 2010-11 academic year, the children have already been selected by the local government kebele (district) office and (with assistance from Kate) from those who registered with the office in March 2010. See the School Registration Day in the NEWS section.

In general, if more children register for a class than there are places, choices will be made according to the location of the child (ease of reaching the school) and the level of poverty of the family (an extremely poor family will be given priority) and the child's needs (priority will be given to physically handicapped children - regrettably, the school has no provision for mentally handicapped children).

Generally, only one child from one family will join the school, unless there is no pressure on places. In future years, Kate will do the registration at the school, but with the assistance of the kebele office.