We are now just beyond two months into the first term of the 2019/2020 academic year and TMP Academy has experienced some wonderful growth and maturing as a school. Part of that growth includes welcoming two more teachers to our staff. We are pleased to introduce Clement Owusu and Rita Dejogbefu to TMP Academy, both joined the team in September. The additions of Clement and Rita are an indication of how our work at TMP Academy is growing and speaks to the development of the school both within the community of Tsipasi and the surrounding region. TMP Academy is recognized as a school that provides high quality education and because of that, we are being asked by more and more parents to enroll their children.
Clement joins our staff as the Class 3 & 4 teacher, which are new class offerings at TMP Academy this academic year. Since our founding, we have been hard at work helping students get to their appropriate grade level and with the start of this new academic year we are pleased to have promoted a total of 27 students into new grade levels. You can read more about the promotions in a previous blog post here. Clement is a graduate of Methodist University College in Accra, Ghana. He joins us from Badukrom Methodist International School where he taught various subjects including Math and English.
Rita has joined our staff as the Class 2 teacher, replacing Matilda.Rita comes to TMP Academy with a diploma from University of Cape Coast and 3+ years of classroom teaching experience. We are thrilled to have Rita join our team and continue the wonderful in-class work that has begun in Class 2.
With the growth of TMP Academy, we’re fortunate enough to welcome new students to the school along with our two new staff members. The mission of TMP Academy is to become the gold standard for education in Ghana and we are well on our way to achieving that goal! TMP Academy currently employs a total of ten staff members; seven teachers, two cooks, and one program director. All in all, our operating budget is just over $35,000 annually which breaks down to about $3,000 per month.
The monthly cost noted above covers teachers salaries, meals for students and staff and community members in need, school uniforms, teacher supplies, textbooks and curriculum, and other general maintenance.
This operating expense breaks down to about $30 per month per student. Currently, we have 57 people providing sponsorship of $30 per month. Given our student population of 127, we are in need of 63 more sponsors (or the equivalent of) to ensure we can fully fund the school for 2020.
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