School infrastructure

 

Proposed current development work in order of priority (as per the school master development plan)

Bore holes
Assistance from national water conservation and pipe line corporation

A 100 KV A standby generator
Passed by min 7/01/11/08 of  PTA AGM as an urgent need.
Boarding complex
2blocks phase 1MPOW report pg 18

New laboratory - Block

Multi purpose hall 1- Class rooms 8 to accommodate the existing 3rd and a new 4th stream

Staff houses - 20 units MOPW report

Project proposal
Boarding complex project (phase1)

The project
What is the project?

Our project involves moving the boarding facilities to the mang’u side from the st francis side
This will involve building a boarding complex that has the capacity to accommodate 4 streams of 800 girls.
The boarding complex project is estimated to cost Ksh 38,140,922 as per the bills O quantities dated 23rd June 2009

The parents have raised Ksh 2,73,017 million as atnow. Construction account no 0110074941000 co-operative bank thika branch

Our prayer
Financial assistance towards the ksh 38.2 million needed to complete the first phase of our development plan by 2011

Project justification

The project was identified as starting point in master development done by the then P T A chairman prof. Sibilike Makhanu and the department of civil engineering at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT)

Currently the ministry of public works (MOPW) has taken over as the Project Manager. A copy of Preliminary repot, dated October 2008, is enclosed herewith.
The ministry in collaboration with the school infrastructure committee (SIC) will provide a detailed master plan by the end of this year. It will be forwarded to the D E B and all other relevant offices.
The realization f the project would put the school on the Mang’u side compound.
It would cut down on the cost of running the school in term of
Human resources /personnel.
Lighting / electricity

It would increase students security as they no longer would have to cover ¾ km between the tuition (Mang’u) and boarding side.
The local community would benefit in that the boarding side could revert to another independent   school in the Gatundu north district.
The current dorms were meant for a class of only 35 and now they have to accommodate 45+ students.
It very costly to maintain the old buildings done by the missionaries in the 1920s.
It would raise the students self esteemed and they would strongly identify with the school and therefore better results

It would save the time spent crossing between the two compounds for teaching and learning.
Problem statement
The school has a unique problem in that it occupies two compounds with the busy Thika-Naivasha- Nakuru road (white sisters road) between them.

This structure affects the distribution of all types of resources human material and physical creating a lot of problems when any plans tro expand the school are discussed.

The girls have the difficult task of crossing the at 4.30am for morning preps and 10.00pm after the night preps. Some times they have to cross the road when it is raining or at total darkness when electricity fails.

Accommodation of the school on the old mang’u side would increase accessibility and quality of education provided by the school.
It would also make it more cost effective to run it.

Objectives of he project

To realize the project in year period i.e. achieve the construction of two 400 capacity blocks between 2010-2015

It is a security measure for the safety of both the students and other members of the school community.
To have the school on one compound.
Cut down on the administrative cost e.g. in terms of electricity human resources water.
To hand over the boarding side / St. Francis side to the local community for probably another division/ district or a project of its own choice.

To increase accessibility, quality, equity and relevance in the education offered to the girl child by the school in line with the government of Kenya education sector support programme (KESSP)

Anticipated result
What will the project achieve?
Two blocks of 400 capacity i.e. 800 students (currently 3 streams)

The school will be on one compound the old Mang’u high school site.
It will make management and administration of the school more effective and efficient.
It will reduce the school’s cost e.g. resources, such as human electricity water etc.

Reduce the student’s security risks when crossing the busy high way and also save more of their time for leaning.
We expect to further improve in academic performance by achieving a K C S E mean score of 10.50 by 2010.
This will enable us to plan for the next phase of the school’s expansion programme in line with the government policy of expanding and renovating existing schools so as to add relevance, equity, accessibility and quality to education offered by our school.

Work plan

January 2010
Construction of the first block commences

October 2010
Completion of the block

November 2010
Occupation of the block by form 4 and form 3

January 2011
Construction of the second block commences

September 2011
Completion of the block

October 2011
Occupation of the block by form 2 and form 1

Expected financiers
It hoped that the project would be funded by and involve the following

 

Local community
Labour skilled and non- skilled, donation, financial and material, technical advice 1.000,000

CDF LATF
Financial and material donation 4000,000

Ministry of public works
Technical advice and supervision 1,000,000.
Sponsor –catholic archdiocese of Nairobi.
Financial and material donations ksh 3,000,000

Alumini
Financial and material donations, technical advice and supervision ksh 4,000,000

PTA
Financial and material donations, technical advice and supervision ksh 10,000,000

Corporate world financial, material
Donation and technical advice ksh 5,000,000

Ministry of education

Project budget and justification Ksh 38,140,922 as at 23/10/09

Bill of quantities (BOQ) for the proposed 300 bed (double Decker) dormitory

Prepared by the ministry of public works