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- on foot
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Abandoned school from 1948 — single-room, where one teacher taught children of all ages. Closed when the last families left the island.
One Classroom, One Teacher, The Whole Island
Until 1948, Comino's children had no school. They learned from their parents — reading, counting, fishing. When the Maltese government opened a single-room school, it was a big event. One teacher, commuting by boat from Gozo, taught all children — aged 6 to 14 — in one room.
The school operated for just over a decade. As families left Comino, student numbers dwindled. Eventually only a handful of children remained and maintaining the school no longer made sense. The building was closed — the blackboard still hangs on the wall.
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Near Santa Marija Chapel. Simple building, big story about the passing of small island communities.
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