Group work about future education and job

Before visiting Bethel School in January 2018 I had prepared three group works. The idea was to make the pupils understand that there are different ways to think when you shall plan your future. We gave them three different ways:

No 1 What is your hope and plan for future education and job? (Examine your heart)

No 2 What are the needs for your country? What educations are most necessary that young people choose? (Examine your head)

No 3 Starting your own company

While I was there, the 73 pupils in class 7 were organized in 12 groups, with six pupils in each group working with no 1. They worked outside, under a three. They were very motivated. Probably they liked to discuss with each other without a teacher participating. From 2017 they had got a new curriculum. There are a lot of changes. One of them is to organize the pupils to work and discuss problems in groups. (I was not aware of this preparing the group works in Norway)

Two years since last visit

In the last part of January I visited Godbless and Neema, that was visit number 14. The first one was in 2006. For a particular reason there was no visit in 2017.

A lot has happened since 2016 – many more children at school and a big building - a guest house. The number of children in the boarding is almost the same as in 2016, that is 190. The number of children in school has increased a lot and is now more than 750. That includes the 174 small children age 3 – 6 that have not yet entered the school. I don’t think there are any primary school this big in Norway.

The picture shows a part of the children an early morning when they are waiting for the bell to ring.