ancsomafcoprimaryschool SOMAFCO Primary School Primary School Finding aid prepared by Mosoabuli Maamoe. University of Fort Hare Library, ANC Archives November 21, 2005

Finding aid encoded by Mosoabuli Maamoe on November 21, 2005 Overview of the Collection University of Fort Hare Library, ANC Archives

SOMAFCO SOMAFCO Primary School Records 1979-1991 1.3 linear metre The establishment of the Primary School was necessitated by children of the members of the ANC who had had no facilities for schooling under the control of the organization ancsomafcoprimaryschool The records are in English. Biographical Note

The establishment of the Primary School was necessitated by children of the members of the ANC who had had no facilities for schooling under the control of the organization. The children were at the ages of 7 and above. It was also uneasy to have them placed in local English medium schools. Apparently, the original plans of the school complex lacked primary school facilities. This situation became a concern to the ANC, which later took steps to put right. As a result, sketches for the primary school were discussed by the ANC educationalists. Their approval enabled a detailed drawing work that led to the commencement of the construction of the primary school in April 1983.

"Our schooling system is the alternative to Bantu Education. And Bantu Education is not merely a watered-down version of academic tuition: an inferior level of tuition. It is, more importantly, a schooling system which seeks- and, we fear, possibly to a frightening degree, succeeds in imparting certain attitudes toward self and society among caught up in it. Our system, therefore, should not concentrate purely on one aspect - the academic- but should seek to foster a complete alternative value system as implied in the ANC Education Policy Document".

The ANC Education at the school was based on sound teaching principles and a broad curriculum. It strived to compensate for the particular omissions and distortions of the previously narrow and unpractical Bantu Education. The education at primary sought to reinforce and develop the political and social values forged in the struggle for liberation. Furthermore, the Primary School was aimed at providing the children with basic facilities and equipment and to enable them to have a solid educational grounding in order to understand the world around them.

Scope and Contents

The SOMAFCO Primary School collection is composed of 1.3 linear metres and three series: Subject Files, Subjects Taught, and Reports.

Arrangement

The Subject Files series spans the years 1981-1991. The series documents various activities that took place at the Primary School: teaching guides which demonstrate how teaching of the children was conducted at complex; topical papers on education and politics; creative works of pupils in terms of poetry, and other programmes which took place at the school.

The Subjects Taught series contains documents on the syllabi and various subjects for the children.

The Reports series spans the years 1981-1988. The series gives overall activities of the Primary School from its inception. Included is the report of the ANC National Education Council about its account on the Primary School.

Index Terms

This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Organizations: SOMAFCO Primary School Places: Morogoro Subjects: Education Functions: Education Restrictions on Access

The Collection is Open

Acquisition Information

ANC Archives Committee

Detailed Description of the Collection Subject Files 1 1 Advisory Planning Council (APC) , 1984-1986 1 2 ANC-SIDA (Swedish International Development Agency) , 1985-1986 1 3 Application forms, 1 4 Art\Craft, 1985 1 5 Attendance Register , 1985-1986 1 6 Background information, 1 7 Certificates for Masupatsela , 1991 1 8 Children's Magazine , 1986 1 9 Children's Teaching Aids, 1 10 Children's supplies (see box 2), 2 11 Circulars , 1985-1988 2 12 Code of Conduct, 2 13 Correspondence , 1989-1990 2 14 Culture, 1985-1989 2 15 Curricula , 1981-1987 3 16 Dormitory routine, 3 17 Guides for referrals, 3 18 Graduation ceremony (Grade Sevens), 1989 3 19 Films and video programmes, 3 20 Information on events , 3 21 Inventories, 3 22 Job description (Secretary), 3 23 Meetings, 1991 3 24 Memoranda , 1983\1987 4 25 Papers on education, 4 26 Photographic Exhibition, 4 27 Pioneers activities , 4 28 Poems, 4 29 Post cards, 5 30 Press cuttings , 1987-1988 5 31 Pre-Vocational Training: Primary and Secondary divisions , 1985 5 32 Programmes , 1981-1988 5 33 Registers, 6 34 Schemes of work, 6 35 A Song Bambanani, 6 36 Sports, 6 37 Staff , 1986 6 38 Statistics, 6 39 Telexes, 7-8 40 Teaching guides, Subjects Taught at SOMAFCO 9-10 1 Syllabi, Reports 11-12 1 Adult literacy\Nursery\Primary Panel, 1982 11-12 2 Dormitory , 1986 11-12 3 End of Year , 1981 11-12 4 Examinations, 11-12 5 Half Year transactions , 1984 11-12 6 Monthly events , 1984 11-12 7 National Education Council (NEDUC V11), 1988 11-12 8 Pioneers of SOMAFCO , 1981-1987 11-12 9 Primary school matters , 1984 11-12 10 Pupils Progress , 11-12 11 Situation at the Primary, 1986