You have to be a Christian to take up the job but news info is interesting.
Umesh
PS: From a Harvard senior
Ipusukilo> wrote:
From: "Ipusukilo" <
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 08:25:35 +0300
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Subject: [Iepgraduates-list] (no subject)
st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } IEPers, hello.
Im giving up my job - one of the best post-Harvard grassroots basic
education jobs in Africa. Its in the Nuba Mountains in Sudan a fascinating
place and a great spot for Phd research or other education work even if you
dont want my particular job with Samaritans Purse. A unique educational
experiment is unfolding and no one is documenting it.
In short, its a remote, isolated education system in English surrounded by
the Arabic world. The Nuba Mountains have a famously rich culture (famous at
least in anthropological circles). The Darfur-like genocide that dragged on
through the 90s and until about 2002 killed off all formal education and almost
everything else for that matter, culture included. With the ceasefire and
peace agreement, the SPLA rebels started an English education system instead of
Arabic. It was a idealistic, possibly rash, possibly clever move. But to
create an tiny, autonomous educational ecosystem from scratch is complex at the
best of times, which this was not the SPLA doesnt control one town, or even
a bit of a road in Nuba almost no one knew any English, few had any formal
education and the only way to access the area was by plane. There is no higher
education system to rely on, or feed into, etc. Really, they had nothing in
their favor but some goodwill from the NGO
community.
They began in 2002. Weve been here since Oct 2003 and have helped to start
and support 6 primary schools and a teacher training college. We are also
doing a bunch of in-service training for all the Nuban teachers currently
working in the schools.
There have been a lot of unexpected benefits of having this bubble of English
it turns out there is huge demand for English speakers even on the government
side, private schools, NGOs, the UN and even the government military for
example are all trying to recruit English speakers. So economic rewards for
education are immediate and high the marginalized are empowered, so to speak.
On the flip side teacher attrition is high, since teaching remains a voluntary
profession. And predictably the Khartoum government is frantically trying to
shut down the English system . So lots of interesting hiccups.
Anyhow, this educational endeavor could be a fascinating chapter or at least
a footnote or case study in international education if anyone documents it.
I wish I could stick around, but with another kid on the way its time for us to
go.
Its a good job it has room for creatively expanding the program and youll
get good experience doing everything from writing proposals to submitting the
final report and you get to see tangible changes in the classroom and a nation
rebuilding.
Also, its a surprisingly soft posting (all things considered). Its somewhat
safe. We brought our 3-month old twins here 2 years ago and have survived
fine. You get somewhat favorable benefits and breaks. And there is now
internet access (at SKYPEable speeds wireless through the whole compound).
Really what more could you ask for?
Heres the job posting:
http://www.samaritanspurse.org/EmploymentListings_Index.asp (Program manager
in JULUD)/.
Heres the Samaritans Purse statement of faith
(http://www.samaritanspurse.org/StatementOfFaith_Index.asp).
If you have questions or whatever you can contact me [EMAIL PROTECTED]
....................................................
Jason Carpenter
Samaritan's Purse Program Manager Julud
Thuraya: +882-164333-8672
c/o Samaritan's Purse
P.O. Box 76143 Yaya Towers 00508 Nairobi
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Ed.M. - International Education Policy
Harvard Graduate School of Education,
Harvard University,
Class of 2005
http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info)
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info)
www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used )
http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/
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