On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Simon Vass <[email protected]> wrote: > > Victor as our resident Prof. how do you feel about this? You have experience > of working here and know that what this is trying to prevent is noble, do the > ends justify the means? >
It is very necessary to improve the standards of tertiary education in Uganda but blaming the lecturers anonymously is not the way to go in my opinion. E.g, a lecturer who hands out a low marks because the work is not good and is not willing to be bribed to improve the mark can easily be nailed on this site (unless I overlook something). Do you really think that the students that actually bribe will report these lecturers? Is is not the case that lecturers that give the best marks are liked best? Before reporting a lecturer for not showing up in class one should know the reasons first. Maybe the administration failed to pay him or her (I have seen many of these cases). In that situation I think the lecturer should not be blamed (he does not have lecture when he is not properly paid), but the administration. Does the student in class know the difference? I can think of many more of such examples, but in general I believe the underlying principles of the site does not acknowledge the complex reality in education in Uganda and fails to address false-blaming (or even promoting it?). I would have rather liked it the other way around - celebrate the lecturers/departments that do well. Start an award for best lecturer or best department. Transform negative into positive. my 2 cent _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
