makoko floating school

Question 1

what is it

Answer 1

• small scale project to tackle social issues and encourage development
• made in 2014 out of wood and local materials to encourage children to learn and gain a full education

Question 2

advantages

Answer 2

• allows children in the area to be educated and break poverty cycle by opening up highly skilled jobs with higher salaries
• increased standard of living
• employment opportunities for teachers
• local resources such as timber and bamboo to construct architecture
• classrooms that could hold 60 children at a time and was used additionally as a community centre
• ran in sustainable solar energy

Question 3

disadvantages

Answer 3

• collapsed in 2017 due to flooding
• limited impact
• consequences of government not taking care of low value areas and small scale projects