AFRICAN SCHOOL
非洲校園:洋洋大觀
This lively series captures the daily lives, concerns and personalities of young Africans and their teachers in the Ugandan town of Masindi.
"African School" features two of the town's schools - Kamurasi Primary School led by the resourceful and positive Mr Byoona, and Massesco Secondary School under the leadership of Mrs. Mukasa, the second youngest female head in the country.
The eight episodes are stories of celebration and challenge that will rekindle memories of school years: teenage romance, exam pressure, football tournaments, special needs teaching, prefect elections, religions and sex education. Coupled with the extraordinary enthusiasm and openness of the pupils and teachers, the series gives an entertaining, refreshing and up-lifting insight into understanding what life is really like in Africa today.
正當國際社會努力解決非洲的貧困問題，但究竟有多少人能深入了解非洲人民的真正困境呢？本系列探訪烏干達北部馬辛迪地區的兩所中小學，探討老師、學生及其家庭在教育和生活中面對的各種困難。備有中文字幕。
1. SHOW ME THE MONEY
學費政策：金錢掛帥
Mrs Mukasa, the new headmistress at Massesco Secondary School, finds herself in dire financial straits; three quarters of the students have failed to pay their school fees and the teachers have gone without full pay for three months. She is determined that all children should be forced to pay and instigates a tough new gate policy that is supposed to catch the defaulters. But her students are desperate to get into school; Eddie, an orphan, tries to scrape the school fees money together through odd jobs and support from his brother. And Justice, a skilled dodger, crawls under the fence and tricks his teachers with a borrowed payment card to get into class.
烏干達只實施小學免費教育，當地學童需要自付中學的費用。超過七成的馬斯加中學的學生沒按時繳交學費，結果學校採取鐵腕政策，若不交學費便不能上學。備有中文字幕。
30 mins.
English with Chinese Subtitles
2. THE CANDIDATE
風紀選舉：青雲之路
Each year Massesco Secondary School runs Prefect Elections but this year is going to be different: a change in the rules allows girls to run for Head Prefect for the first time ever. Susan, a remarkable and strong-willed girl, takes up the challenge and competes to be Head Prefect, a job that all the boys in the school think can only be done by one of their number. Nelson, meanwhile, stands against her. Twenty-first century feminism takes centre stage and male pride, female emancipation and girl power are all at stake as Susan and Nelson take to the hustings to fight for the top spot.
馬斯加中學的學生正準備一年一度舉行的風紀選舉。成功成為風紀長並各司其職不僅是地位和權力的象徵，更有助未來的升學發展。今年更首次接納女生為候選人。備有中文字幕。
30 mins.
English with Chinese Subtitles
3. FOOTBALL FEVER
足球狂熱：為校爭光
It's not just the reputation of Massesco Secondary School's coaching staff at stake - the pride of the whole school is hanging on the progress of its soccer team. This is the fast moving story of the school's progress in the highly competitive Coca-Cola Cup. It's a chance to experience the dreams of the players. Shem and the others dream of the potential riches on offer if their skills impress the talent scouts - enough to support their whole families. But football fever can be contagious, and as it grips the school a pitch invasion and a full scale riot unfold.
馬斯加中學正摩拳擦掌迎接可口可樂杯校際足球比賽。新任足球教練為了提高爭勝機會，邀請職業球員假扮學生參加比賽。校隊外援代替學生比賽在當地原來十分普遍。備有中文字幕。
30 mins.
English with Chinese Subtitles
4. SEX EDUCATION
兩性教育：早孕問題
Early pregnancy forces 6,000 girls out of schooling in Uganda every year. When he took up the post of headmaster at Kamurasi Primary School, Mr Ntairaho introduced a system of surprise pregnancy testing believing that it protects the girls from prostitution and 'defilement' and reduces the drop-out rate. We follow Christine, a final year student who fears she is pregnant, as she is put in for the test.
三成半的烏干達學生因懷孕而輟學。卡姆拉西小學採取嚴厲行動以突擊方式檢查女生是否懷孕。備有中文字幕。
30 mins.
English with Chinese Subtitles
5. THE WOMANISER AND THE EVANGELIST
宗教傳道：情聖皈依
16 year old Dickson is a schoolboy womaniser in a puritanical country. He risks seven years imprisonment for having sex under the age of 18 and the evangelical Christians ram home the message that sex before marriage is wrong. He has already seen his father, 6 uncles, 3 aunts and his sister die of 'that disease,' as he calls AIDS. This remarkable film gives insight into why God is so big in Africa. The local evangelical church, The Miracle Centre promises Dickson spiritual salvation and possibly a cure from AIDS, if he will become born again. He is spurred on by the outspoken schoolgirl evangelist Prossy and a touching friendship emerges. It's a personal journey in which he confronts himself and God whilst facing the consequences of an HIV test.
宗教在烏干達作起了很重要的社會角色。當地大部份的福音傳播者是基督教。十六歲的迪克森自命英俊瀟灑，喜歡拈花惹草。但是他仍十分顧忌感染愛滋病的威脅。備有中文字幕。
30 mins.
English with Chinese Subtitles
6. RUNNING FOR YOUR LIFE
戰亂連年：生命長跑
Primary School Head, Mr Ntairaho is taking part in a survey of displaced children in the Masindi district. The area is full of people who have fled the gruesome fighting further north where the Lords Resistance Army (LRA) is taking on the Ugandan government and terrorising the local population. But ordinary life goes on too. This moving film is also the story of Opio, an orphan who came to Masindi after his parents were killed by the LRA fighting. Opio is a skilled athlete whose father ran at national level - Opio is striving to run in his footsteps. 30 mins.
烏干達北部因長年戰亂有近二百萬人流離失所，當中大部份是適學兒童。小學生奧皮奧是其中一個逃離家園的難民。他擁有長跑的天賦，正努力為學校爭取獎項的機會。備有中文字幕。
30 mins.
English with Chinese Subtitles
7 - BOY MEETS GIRL
浪漫青春：結婚大事
Having a love life in Uganda is not easy. Teenagers face being expelled from school if they admit to having a boyfriend or a girlfriend; teachers struggle to afford to get married and those that have managed to tie the knot can find themselves posted to schools at opposite ends of the county. But this revealing programme shows how love can flourish despite the challenges.
在馬斯加中學，學生談戀愛被視為觸犯校規會被驅逐出校。另外，兩位同校老師正準備婚禮。根據當地文化，男方將負責一切開支。非洲式婚禮會令觀眾大開眼界。備有中文字幕。
30 mins.
English with Chinese Subtitles
8. FRED GETS TO Z
特殊教育：基礎學習
This touching and revealing film follows Fred, the first ever boarding student at Kamurasi Primary school, where staff are determined to create the best Special Needs Integrated school in their district. Fred is blind and spends his first term learning the Braille alphabet from A to Z with his friend Miungo. As well as Fred's determined progress, we get to know his remarkable teacher, Harriet and the headmaster Mr Ntairaho who is determined to support Special Needs despite the constant demands on the school's limited resources.
在非洲超過九成的心智障礙兒童活不過五歲生日。本節目介紹一個感人的故事，卡姆拉西小學的特殊教育老師如何利用十分緊絀的資源，教導失明的弗雷德學習盲文字母表。備有中文字幕。
30 mins.
English with Chinese Subtitles
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