Bezawit Pre-Primary & Primary School
Located in a rural village on the outskirts of Bahir Dar, Bezawit Pre-Primary & Primary School is a collaboration between Partners, the Bezawit community, the Bahir Dar City Education Department, and Bahir Dar University. Before reconstruction, the school’s basic facilities and classrooms were so deteriorated that lessons were frequently cancelled to spread cow dung on the floors to reduce dust.
In 2019, Partners and the community rebuilt the school on a two-hectare site donated by local residents, creating modern cement-block classrooms, a library, science lab, administration block with a teacher resource centre and IT room, and separate latrines for boys and girls. The school will soon expand from Grade 4 to Grade 6, increasing capacity from 370 to 800 students.
Parents have begun planting trees for live fencing, and teachers have participated in regular learning assessments and training workshops, ensuring that Bezawit’s new facilities are matched by strong, inclusive teaching practices.
