...the encouragement of pupils to use native languages in their development stages as opposed to a rigid sticking to the agreed mode of communication (english) should be reviewed.
...the notion that young pupils should go to school with papyrus reads as a must to build teachers houses must stop...because teachers are taking advantage of cheap and free labour like pupils are prisoners on remand. ...If the educated of the region can invest in blackboards and avail constant chalk (instead of using cassava), and negate this native approach of children writing using sticks on the ground... ...Proper advocacy begins at home from the parents in everything from hygiene, proper homesteads and the notion that...sleeping with goats in your hut shows you how backward that can affect that kid. He cant see beyond that smell of goats and you expect him to study hard... ...Proper utilisation of the norms of education. Students should be encouraged that yeah...you study for a great future. This is your fees...in cash, even if it's paid in batches. This thing of students going with sacks of osubi or tobacco, and hiding them under their beds...that it's their STIMULUS plan for fees, should stop. We should stop being backward by good advocacy, and that education programme on Pacis is a good one....but people should be on the ground... ....to keep those homesteads in the know. It's a tough call that requires all hands on deck to eradicate this low level of penetration in the educ sphere. While at it, think of the plague (i.e. rats) that are on rampage in my Nebbi district... It's not ALL ABOUT YOU... It's all about HYGIENE. Caleb and Ezagayo...what do you think? On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Ruffino Ezama <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear Jackson > Greetings from arua. > I have thought of bringing some people on board and we start. I have been > meditating on the following things in these last few days > > 1) identify a way of reaching more people of the region > I found out that Radio Pacis (from Ediofe hill) covers the whole of West > Nile, part of Congo, Sudan and even can be picked as far as Kitgum or Hoima. > I already talked to the Director of this Radio (Fr Tonino Pasolini, an > italian Comboni priest). He saw the problem and referred me to the person in > charge of marketing but I found this option costly since they charge for > talk shows about 200,000 ugx. Instead I approached Fr Matia Miria (the > Education Secretary of Arua Diocese) to permit as use his airtime which is > meant for Education programs. He has accepted and this is free of charge. I > am also approaching Fr George Ezatirale to give us the airtime of Caritas on > Development. So this will enable us to have 90 mins every week to air our > concerns and get feed back from people all over West Nile. > After gathering the views of people we want to prepare a questionnaire to > be adminstered to the level of sub counties or villages to assess the > magnitude of the multiple factors on the performance. This will be in a > scientific approach. > > 2) Those people who intend to have on the various panels whould include > mainly stakehloders > i) Principals on the Primary Teachers Colleges of Erepi (in Moyo), Lodonga > (in Yumbe), Arua PTC (in Arua), Paidah (in Nebbi) to find out why their > teachers are not making impact on the PLE results? > ii) Some parents (whom you could indicate for us) > iii) Some teachers from the schools in central region who hail from West > Nile region > iv) Some of the West Nilers in various educational institutions. I think of > Dr Christine Dranzoa (Deputy Director Post Graduate School of makerere > university), Dr Richard Edema (faculty of agriculture MUK), Mr Asaf Adebua > (Kyambogo University) > v) our business community > vi) some pupils and students to come and share with us their expectations > etc > vii) some politicians to hear what their constituents are thinking of > problems which are biting us seriously > viii) Bishop Drandua and Bishop Obetia who are developmental people so that > their share with us their concerns as spiritual fathers and seeing that many > of our schools were chuch founded > Other comments, remarks etc are invited and even modifications are welcome. > Even our brothers and sisters of the islamic faith should be brought on > board > God bless > > > -- > Ruffino Ezama,mccj > Comboni Missionaries > P.O Box 3872 > Kampala > Uganda > (+256 77 2 62 42 40) > (+256 75 2 62 42 40) > > [email protected] > [email protected] > [email protected] > > www.tualu.org > > _______________________________________________ > WestNileNet mailing list > [email protected] > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > % WestNileNet 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 List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > _______________________________________________ > >
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