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ANSWER was about £50,000 in Zimbabwe a few years ago.
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P Wrigley July 2010
This was early 2008. The problems of accessing building materials has pushed the price up
considerably. More materials are having to be imported and this can make the cost double
what it was. Based on £ or US$ equivalences. On that basis the prices quoted may be only
half the real cost. July 2008 visit our Kenyan School appeal page for similar information January 2009
A basic Primary school with 8 classrooms (pre-school + grades 1 - 7) | |||||
| School buildings | classrooms are usually built in blocks of 2 or 4 with office and or stockroom between each pair of rooms | ||||
| Primary school model | |||||
| Zimbabwe | Total - Materials | £ 39,783.50 | |||
| classrooms | rooms | Labour+Contingcency | £ 8,000.00 | ||
| preschool | 1 | £ 3,500.00 | £ 3,500.00 | £ 47,583.50 | |
| grade 1 | 1 | £ 3,500.00 | £ 3,500.00 | ||
| grade 2 | 1 | £ 3,500.00 | £ 3,500.00 | add labour costs range from about 10% to 15% of the materials cost and a similar contingency value | |
| grade 3 | 1 | £ 3,500.00 | £ 3,500.00 | ||
| grade 4 | 1 | £ 3,500.00 | £ 3,500.00 | ||
| grade 5 | 1 | £ 3,500.00 | £ 3,500.00 | ||
| grade 6 | 1 | £ 3,500.00 | £ 3,500.00 | ||
| grade 7 | 1 | £ 3,500.00 | £ 3,500.00 | ||
| 8 | £ 28,000.00 | ||||
| £7000 for a pair of teachers houses | |||||
| Offices | |||||
| Head | 1 | £ 1,400.00 | £ 1,400.00 | ||
| Deputy | 1 | £ 1,400.00 | £ 1,400.00 | ||
| staffroom | 1 | £ 1,400.00 | £ 1,400.00 | ||
| general office | 1 | £ 1,400.00 | £ 1,400.00 | ||
| general stock room | 1 | £ 1,400.00 | £ 1,400.00 | ||
| £ 7,000.00 | |||||
| Furniture/classrooom | |||||
| Teacher chair | 1 | £ 27.00 | £ 27.00 | ||
| Teacher Table | 1 | £ 45.00 | £ 45.00 | ||
| group table | 8 | £ 35.00 | £ 280.00 | ||
| group bench x2 | 16 | £ 22.00 | £ 352.00 | ||
| book cupboard | 1 | £ 50.00 | £ 50.00 | ||
| stockroom shelving | 1 | £ 10.00 | £ 10.00 | ||
| £ 764.00 | |||||
| Toilet Block | 10 unit | £ 1500.00 | |||
| textbooks/class | |||||
| subject | number required | unit cost | |||
| Maths | 15 | £ 1.50 | £ 22.50 | ||
| Shona | 15 | £ 1.50 | £ 22.50 | ||
| English | 15 | £ 4.00 | £ 60.00 | ||
| Science | 15 | £ 2.50 | £ 37.50 | ||
| price covers teachers copy | £ 142.50 | ||||
| 7 grades x 15 x 4 subjects | 420 | £ 997.50 | |||
| Office equipment | |||||
| not sure what costs are we have not strayed into this area yet! | £ 500.00 | ||||
| chair | 2 | £ 27.00 | £ 54.00 | ||
| table | 1 | £ 45.00 | £ 45.00 | ||
| bokcase/cupboard | 1 | £ 50.00 | £ 50.00 | ||
| £ 149.00 | |||||
| 3 main offices | £ 447.00 | ||||
| staffroom | |||||
| chairs | 10 | £ 27.00 | £ 270.00 | ||
| tables group style | 3 | £ 35.00 | £ 105.00 | ||
| cupboards | 4 | £ 50.00 | £ 200.00 | ||
| £ 575.00 | |||||