Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 737

If each school has 2500 students, then in Little Rock alone, 15 elementary schools have 37500 students.

This number simply shocked Louis Botha. There are not so many students in the whole of Orange, and it is the sum of all the middle schools and elementary schools.

The headmaster is still chattering, complaining that the municipal government does not support Sunset Primary School enough, and that there are no high-achieving students from Nyasaland University's School of Education, and the allocation of funds is also seriously insufficient, resulting in the school's hardware facilities not keeping up. Parents of students Complaints abound.

But Louis Botha really didn't see how poor the hardware facilities of Sunset Primary School were.

After passing the screen wall, there is a spacious playground. The runway around the playground has hardened, and there is a green grass in the middle. Louis Botha didn't know that it was called a football field, but this did not affect Louis Botha's cognition, just This playground is enough to instantly kill all the primary schools in Orange.

"Our playground is still open-air. Last year we reported that we wanted to build an indoor gymnasium, but the city government didn't pay for it. The affiliated elementary school already has three indoor gymnasiums, and we don't even have one." The principal had many demands, Rock simply hid on the other side of Louis Botha.

It is a bit strange to discount Louis Botha. In Louis Botha's impression, Roque has always been very strong. No matter in Pretoria or in dealing with external conflicts, Roque has never backed down .

Now, in front of this headmaster who is heavily fattened, has almost lost all his hair, and still has a funny monocle on his face, Rock actually wants to walk around.

Louis Botha felt as if he had discovered something.

"The entrance examination scores of Sunset Primary School are indeed inferior to those of the affiliated primary school, but that's not because our students' qualifications are poor, but because our teachers can't keep up. If there are twenty Nyasaland University graduates in Sunset Primary School—— Even if there are only ten of them, I can guarantee that the scores of the entrance examination for Sunset Primary School will go up to a higher level." The principal will not give up, and follow Rock's footsteps.

"Pierce, don't worry, take your time, everything will be there—" Rock was annoyed, and Principal Douglas and Professor Abu made a bad start, one by one.

Walking through the playground, and then passing through a forest is the teaching area. The forest serves as a good isolation zone. The hustle and bustle outside the school has no effect on this place. The clear and clear voices of the teachers come and go, and Louis Botha fell in love with this place instantly. feeling.

This feeling is called hope.

When they got here, Principal Pierce finally shut up, and together with Rock, he inspected the teaching area with his aunt's eyes.

The school with more than 2000 students is still quite large, because this is an elementary school, and the tallest teaching building has only three floors. In order to maximize the lighting, the number and area of ​​windows have been expanded to the extreme, and there are curtains behind each window. Louis Botha observed carefully, and it was a miracle that none of the glass was broken.

Not even the Department of Agriculture office building can do that.

Considering that the children here are still lively and active, Louis Botha did not know how Pierce did it.

Pierce obviously didn't notice Louis Botha's concerns, and he didn't stay in the teaching area too long. He warmly invited Rock and Louis Botha to the principal's office for a rest.

Only then did Rock and Louis Botha notice that there were too many people in their group, and standing in a vast area of ​​the teaching area would definitely distract the students' attention and affect normal teaching.

Then go to the principal's office.

Louis Botha thought that for a school with such good conditions, the principal's office should at least be solemn and elegant, not to mention magnificent, but he did not expect Pierce's principal's office to be in the corner of the top floor of the office building. , and the office furniture is actually very worn out, and the armrests of the sofa have a tendency to be worn out.

This really surprised Louis Botha.

It is still a difference in cognition. In Louis Botha's understanding, a superior should have the style of a superior, with the same basic necessities of life, food, housing and transportation, and high standards and strict requirements anytime and anywhere, so as not to damage his own image.

After all, Pierce represents not only himself, but also Sunset Primary School. Such a principal's office is actually not suitable for entertaining guests. Simplicity is a good habit, but there must be enough respect and courtesy for guests.

Rock obviously didn't expect it, so his expression was ugly.

"I don't usually have any customers here. The parents who come here the most are the parents of students who want to donate. Many of the parents of students are engineers, bank executives, management of large companies, or at least successful businessmen. Seeing how miserable my office is, donate money. Will donate more." Pierce's face at this time actually showed the same cunning as a child, the office furniture is indeed a bit old, but the things that are brought out to entertain guests are all good things, the tea is indeed green tea from the Qing Dynasty, and the tea set is British High-end tea sets produced.

"You are the principal, don't make yourself look like a businessman, the conditions are a little bit difficult now, and in a few years, more and more graduates will definitely be assigned." Rock's tone finally ceased to be perfunctory .

Not to mention how complicated Luis Botha's mood is, is it still difficult?

Sunset Primary School also has two graduates of the School of Education of Nyasaland University, and there is none in the whole of Orange. Almost all of the more than 1000 graduates of the School of Education of Nyasaland University are "mass-produced" every year. Land is digested internally, and only the Transvaal and Rhodesia can get away dozens of them every year.

Perhaps Bechuanaland will be added next.

"It doesn't matter my lord, I'm already 50 years old and I'll be retiring in a few years. I've been working here since Sunset Primary School was built. Both of my grandchildren graduated from Sunset Primary School. They're both studying at Nyasaland University now. , My son works in the military industrial group, and my daughter works in the Rand Bank, I have no regrets in this life." Pierce finally stopped stalking.

I'm only 50 years old, my grandson is already in college, and I'm getting married so early.

However, this kind of thing is impossible to happen in the future. Considering the population base of southern Africa, the federal government has no regulations in this regard, but Nyasaland has regulations. In Nyasaland, you can only get married after you have reached the age of [-], which is too If you marry early, there will be a great risk if the woman becomes pregnant. Limited by the current medical level, the maternal mortality rate is still very high these days.

"Principal Pierce, how much funding can Sunset Primary School get from the state government and the city government every year?" Louis Botha was still concerned about money.

Pierce blinked at Rock, and didn't answer right away.

"It depends on what I do, as much as I have—" Rock was very helpless, don't be so obvious about it, anyway, Louis Botha is also a minister, it's too shameful, don't treat other ministers as cadres.

"The state government is pitifully small. There are only meal subsidies, and they are often discounted. Many of the eggs delivered are broken. The only fruits are mangoes and bananas. Apples are only given once a week, and the milk is not fresh—" Pierce used to Sexually pouring bitter water, Louis Botha's heart kept sinking.

Luo Ke kept his face silent. The eggs were broken and scrambled and could still be eaten, so there was nothing to complain about.

"The city government is also very stingy. It doesn't pay for building a sports hall. The annual salary of our teaching staff is only 2545 rand, but we have [-] students here, and the average cost per student is only a few dollars. ——" Pierce secretly changed concepts.

"The city government pays you salaries, not the students." Rock finally couldn't bear it.

Thanks to the tenacity of Rand, 117 teaching staff, the average annual salary of each person can reach 120 Rand, which is a proper middle class even in the UK.

Considering that the price of goods in Nyasaland is lower, the purchasing power of the rand is stronger. In addition, many families in Nyasaland have dual employment, so the family income level in Nyasaland is still very high.

Suddenly there was a light knock on the door, it was Pierce's assistant.

"What's the matter?" Pierce had a dignified face at this moment.

"Principal, Mr. Steele is here." The young assistant looked star-eyed, and Rock didn't necessarily visit the school once a year.

"Ask him to wait a moment." Pierce said without hesitation.

"Okay principal—" The assistant's swaying figure was graceful.

"Who is Steele?" Rock was curious, but he didn't have this name in his memory.

"A French businessman, who has not been naturalized in Nyasaland, wants to send his child to Sunset Primary School—" Pierce suddenly realized something was wrong.

"Does this happen often?"

"—It's still a bit much."

"How do you usually deal with it?"

Pierce immediately shut up and didn't say a word.

"How much to donate?" Rock was rude, and after enduring the harassment for a long time, he finally caught the little braid, and he must be hunted down fiercely.

"Usually [-] rand—a starting point—" Pierce looked as if the situation was gone, almost dejected.

Rock and Louis Botha were quite surprised. One student is 2545 rand, and ten is 117. Sunset Primary School has 4000 students, and accepting a hundred or ten will not affect the overall quality of the students at all. The annual salary of [-] teaching staff is only over [-]. Education is indeed an industry that steals from the rich and helps the poor.

"There are only three or five students like this every year. I'm going to add another class to see if I can fill it up—" Pierce broke the can, and if he kept secretive at this time, he would be suspected of deceiving .

"Are all businessmen so rich?" Louis Botha was too surprised today, a thousand rand is not a small number.

"Don't underestimate the determination of the parents of the students to let their children receive a better education. The maximum donation for an affiliated primary school is [-] rand." Five thousand rand, his third son is now in the same class as Gavin, and he is Gavin's loyal little follower. In fact, he is one year older than Gavin. The son postponed school for a year.

But how much this opportunity is worth is hard to gauge.

(End of this chapter)