Local Middle School

The local Middle school serves a district of 6000 inhabitants. There are a total of 189 students at the school, 70 in the equivalent of american 6th grade, 42 in 7th grade, 49 in 8th grade, and 28 in 9th grade. There are 10 girls in 9th grade of which 2 are from my village of 3000 inhabitants. Yearly middle school tuition is 30 $ US dollars, making it quite a burden on families with as many as 10 kids going to either Elementary (4 $ US dollar tuition)or Middle school. Nearly always, the financial burden results in having to choose which children to send to school. In addition to the problem of money, student pregnancy and marriage cut short the education of many.