You may have seen the one room school of the old days. I just can't image how they conducted school under does conditions. I just had the thought of modern day home schools. Are these school setting typical of one room schools of the past?
In rural Congo, they use a one building per class design. Each class has its own building or hut. This design works great under the circumstances. First, classes are large and most over-crowded. Second, the building are constructed of sticks and mud with thatched roofs. Therefore, they do not last too long before they must be rebuilt every two to four years.
There must be some ways to improve school construction for the rural poor. Last night, I was inspired by a story of "green". Can used vinyl billboard signs be used to construct better and longer lasting schools for the poor in rural Congo?
