Responding to the devastating fire at Tenakoga Secondary School, Guadalcanal Island, Solomon Islands
On 2 September, 2021, a fire broke out at Tenakoga Adventist Secondary School, Guadalcanal Island, a school run by the SDA Education Authority which accommodates Grade 7-12 students coming from different provinces across the country.
Destroyed was a 2 storey classroom block which housed:
Year 10 Classroom
Year 11 Classroom
Resource room
Social Science Department office
Year 12 Science lab
whole school science lab
science chemical store-room science resource room (where all science equipment’s stored)
100+ plus tables / chairs
text resources
science apparatus
photocopy machine
students assessments
teachers marks record for students ready to be submitted to the Ministry of Education (IAs) as well as
part of a staff house that stood beside the block
Teachers and students have been traumatized by this incident and the school has suspended classes for a week. During the break the school will offer support to all those impacted as well as draw up tentative plans for classroom uses and how to get science resources for students.
Key Areas of Investments
Support / counselling for all traumatised by the fire event
Strategic planning to minimise disruption to the delivery of the school’s education outcomes
Repair, Rebuild, Refit and Replace damaged classrooms, equipment and educational resources
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