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1. INTRODUCTION

The present work arises in the context of the subject of pedagogical practices, taught at the
Licungo University of Mozambique, with the intention of integrating students in the articulation
of theory and practice.

For, it is in this subject that curricular activities are implemented that ensure an experimental
contact with psychic, pedagogical and didactic situations that contributes to gradually preparing
the student for professional life, so it is extremely important to bring the teacher closer to real
teaching and learning situations, thus allowing the application of the knowledge acquired during
the seminars in the room.

This report focuses on describing Cumbabo full primary school referring to the three areas
namely: Organizational, Pedagogical and Administrative area, indicating the sectors that
guide the functioning of the school, seeks to identify the problems faced by the school, the
structuring and its functioning, provide the number of teachers and students who are part of this
school, indicate the basic constituents of a school, describe the necessary materials in a school,
identify the contribution of each sector.
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2. OBJECTIVES

2.1. GENERAL OBJECTIVE

At the end of the work it is intended to:

● Know how to develop critical as well as creative analysis skills to improve the qualities in the
Teaching Process of learning.

● Acquire knowledge about the positive and negative aspects in the various areas;

● Know the aspects and guidelines

2.2. Specific objectives

● Observe the school in the pedagogical, administrative and organizational area

● Identify the positive and negative aspects in the various areas;

● Understand the forms of school organization;

3. METHODOLOGY

The method of approach is the inductive method. The method of procedure that intends to use to
unite the results of the techniques later described, being a qualitative work, was made the
observation that ensured the collection of data.

For the implementation or even acquisition of the data referenced in this report, the following
methods were based on:

● Direct observation - travel the school to observe the physical aspect of the institution itself;

● Indirect Observation - this includes the part of the questionnaire with the school itself.

● Questionnaire prepared for the acquisition of data that is impossible to obtain from direct
observation from the school principal and deputy director.
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3.1. TECHNIQUES

The systematic, controlled and critical procedure that will discover new data, facts and
relationships of laws will be field work using intensive direct observation techniques, namely
observation and interviewing.

The participant or direct observation to which we will support ourselves will aim to experience
the reality of the target group as well as the people who will support the provision of data.

4. Thanks

Firstly I would like to thank the almighty God who gave me life and healthy to do the work of
practically observations.

I also thank all those who accompanied me, during the observation in particular the board of the
primary school of Cumbabo in the district of Morrumbala in zambezia province.

5. STAGES OF PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICE

● Individual and group planning;
● Production of abstracts;
● Field work;
● Preparation of final report.
6. The observation of schools contributes in a certain way to the improvement of practices not
only of the observed, but also the teacher who observes. Observation leads us to reflect on our
own practice, evaluating the conditions of the school, the attendance and discipline of the
students, and the way we work in the school. Critical analysis or debate on the observation of the
pedagogical organizational area,

7. GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF THE SCHOOL

Cumbabo full primary school, is located 10km to the north of Morrumbala District in the village
of Cumbabo in the Administrative post of Morrumbala. It belongs to ZIP 03 Cumbabo. It's a
school that's under state power.
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8. SCHOOL HISTORY

Cumbabo full primary was founded in 1978 as Cumbabo elementary school. In 1986 it went to
independent school, teaching from 1st to 5th grade and in 2006 it moved to full primary school.
It should be clarified that in the colonial period the students attended classes in the religious
regime that is; they learned catechesis from catholic missionaries and then had normal classes.

In the beginning the school operated with buildings of precarious material, in an attempt to
improve the conditions, in 2006 had the opportunity to be supported with a non-governmental
organization called ANDU that built two blocks one with two classrooms and the other with four
classrooms respectively, the first door is administrative block composing office of the director of
the school and the deputy pedagogical director as well as a secretariat. This project also built
toilets and a urinal fence. Currently the school has three more blocks built with precarious
material, two in two attached rooms that it contains, totaling 12 classrooms, of which 6 are
constructed of conventional material. Of these 8 rooms are in the mother school and four rooms
in both annexes.

9. MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD

The school mentioned above is composed of two (2) managers of the type:

1st The Director of the School - who has been performing his duties as principal at that school for
3 years.

2nd The Deputy Pedagogical Director for the Day course – has been working at that school for 5
years.

10. ORGANIZATIONAL AREA.

Cumbabo full primary school as the construction is of conventional material and is organized as
follows:

Number de blocos 2 Conventional and 1

precarious
Number of classrooms 8
Number of toilets 4
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Teaching material room —

Sports field 1 of football 11
School canteen/snack bar —
Administrative office 1
Teachers' residence 6
Teachers' room —
Water fountain 1 Water pump
Shadow trees 4
School production field 1

10.1. FURNITURE MATERIALS

Number of boards in class rooms Complete

Teacher desks/chairs Complete
Students' desks 20 in each room
Number of doors 8

10.2. SCHOOL TEACHING MATERIAL

Conservation status
Nº Good Reasonable Bad
Overhead projector 0 0 0 0
Maps 6 X 10.3.
Recorders 0 0 0 0 LABORATORY
Photocopiers 0 0 0 0
Geometric Solids 2 sets X
Computers 1 1 0
Typing machines 0 0
Televisions 0 0 0 0
Physics Chemistry Others
Number of Laboratories 0 0 0
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Frequency for each section 0 0 0

number of students attending the laboratory 0 0 0

10.4. EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

with regard to the extra activities – curricular according to the response made by the deputy
director of the Cumbabo full primary school replied that the school has held sports between
classes on Saturdays, it is to ensure that the sport that has been carried out is only football since
the school does not have a gym for the reception of other modalities. He also stresses that on
Saturdays weekly cleanings have been done in the school yard.

10.5. ORGANIZATION CHART OF THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONING OF THE

SCHOOL

School Council, School Principal or Director, Deputy Director of the School, Teachers

11. PEDAGOGICAL AREA

The school operates with a total of 1337 students from the 1st to 7th class, of which 876 men
were 461 women, among these are assisted with a universe of 26 teachers, of which 17 men and
9 women. The group alluded to the work in the pedagogical section interacted with the school
principal. It should be noted that the school no longer has an administrative assistant who works
at the zip level.

11.2. SCHOOL HOURS UNDER STUDY

With regard to the studies and analysis of the pedagogical area of the complete primary school of
Cumbabo works with two shifts, being:
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Period Hour Classes

Morning 07:00 ̶ 11:15΄ 1, 2, 3 and 4
Afternoon 12:30΄ ̶ 17:15΄ 5, 6 and 7

11.5. ANALISING DOCUMENTS OF THE STUDY OF SCHOOL

Documents Observation
Class book The school has this document and makes use of it.
Dot book The school has this document and makes use of it.
Map of pedagogical use The school has this document and makes use of it.
Lesson plans The school has this document and makes use of it.
General status of officials and agents of the The school has this document and makes use of it.
apparatus of state
School curriculum plan The school has this document and makes use of it.
School board support manual The school has this document and makes use of it.
General regulation of school The school has this document and makes use of it.
Minutes of meetings The school has this document and makes use of it.

Others
There are other documents the school needs.

11.6. PROBLEMS FACING THE SCHOOL IN THE PEDAGOGICAL AREA

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As for the problems of the school in the pedagogical area, the deputy director reveals in the
questionnaire that there are fewer concerns in this area only the lack of interest in studies on the
part of students.

12. ADMINISTRATIVE AREA

Speaking of the administrative area, the entire educational establishment needs an administrative
assistant who is a professional who assists in the control of financial management, organization
of files, information management, review of documents, coordinating logistics activities.

12.1. Functions of the school administrative assistant

The administrative assistant has the following tasks:

● Receive and send documents;

● Preparation and sending of payrolls;

● Control account payable;

● Prepare and submit financial report coordinating the department;

● Organization of individual employee processes;

● Keep files and record of updated information;

● Have computer skills;

● Answer phone calls and clarify doubts to the employee about the financial;

● Know how to manage time well;

● Be responsible, patient and reliability at work.

Cumbabo full primary school has been working with an administrative assistant at zip level for 6
years. Of the 26 employees in the school mentioned above, 23 earned their salaries from January
to September without a start, except 2 who suffered robbery in July came in August the two
months and 1 also that suffered robbery in August came to receive September the two months.
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12.2. PROBLEMS FACING THE SCHOOL IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE AREA.

The school mentioned above has faced several problems in this area but the main one that has
been deepened was the delay of salaries, constant jumps, percentage tax discounts above the
recommended, delay of appointment and progressions in the wage system.

13. CONCLUSION
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During the observation made, it is concluded that the activities that took place throughout the
PPI, from the beginning of the classes to the last day culminated mainly with the preparation of
this report. It should be noted that during the data collection there were some constraints since
the group did not have the opportunity to do the interview for the data collection.

After doing my observations i found out that students of Cumbabo take a long time to know how
to write and how to read. I also did the same observation at Phokera Full Primary School in
Malawi. Pulps of standard 1 and 2 they know how to read on board because their teachers use
phonology to teach their students. Students of Malawi know all letters of alphabet with their
sounds and their symbols. At this school of Cumbabo – Mozambique if they use the
methodology of Malawi i hope our Mozambican students will be fast learners and English will
be well known from the beginning classes.

However, PPI provide a learning space enabling the application of our knowledge in the analysis
of the teaching and learning process
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14. Anexo
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