Abandoned School

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.