Borthers and Sisters,
Now I agree with Bwana Ayibo here. The issue of performance is squarely
rooted in the Attitude of students, We will all agree that (Thank God)
Parents now are more empowered compared to our days when we all had to aim
at Government Sponsorship for University Education. Today's students are
however abusing this blessing, it is now fashionable for any student to get
2 principle passes and go to do a course of their choice at campus on
private sponsorship (Maybe some parents also encourage them to act this
way).
In my view, one of the things we need to do is a sensitisation of our folks
(Especially the Students and their parents) on the benefits of education,
more so if we can get the government to pay for it and use their money for
other investments. As Ayibo said most of us went dancing while at Ombaci and
drunk beers bought by Mr H. Abiriga (The Headmaster then) & Mr Atibuni (Of
Union), Drunk Kwete from Oluodri every evening or Kasese from Jamaica
(Ililia's shop) but turned out very successful citizens making decisions
that drive multi billion businesses in this country (and the World for that
matter) - simply because we had a focus, knew what we were doing and worked
hard while relaxing sometimes.
It is key not to go hard with banning things - human development goes
through stages and if we let those students skip certain stages in their
lives then we will also have a crisis in the future when they try to do what
they missed in life (Midlife crisis) it is key we empower them to make the
right and informed decisions - just like we did. They should stop getting
excited by the fact that they can pay for university education, the
governmnet can pay while they use their money for other things.
Maybe we also need Arua District Education Committee to have certain
giudelines on how an Eduaction Institution comes to being - not just every
Tom, Dick and Hurry starting their own school that becomes an aboard to all
who drop out from the established schools as long as they can pay fees they
will sit S6 like anyone else. The greed for money is making peolpe care
less.
Alaka, Fr. Ruf and Team please let us see the TOR so we can debate them and
incoporate some ideas that can help us map out a way forward - we definately
need to get to the ground cautiously to understand these issues.
Rogers Anguzu.
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of ben ayibo
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 11:13 AM
To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile
Subject: RE: [WestNileNet] The people on the ground
Ladies and Gents,
As Jesca Bako Anguyo (Mrs) observed, there is need for short term efforts to
try to correct the poor performance in the region, though some have been
tried before without an apparent change. You see the attitudes of today's WN
students are so negative to good performance to the extent that their notion
is that it is the poor students to read hard. No one gives you a second look
if you were addressed as the best student in the country.
.
You may say HURRAH Hon. Wadri has got one of the main problems, but come to
think of it.Alaka Caleb, Ejiku Robert, Gilbert Adibo and the others from
Mvara, Didn't we used to go and dance in White Rhino and our Biology teacher
was at the gate selling tickets? How did we perform well? FOCUS. Many of us
were literally out buying our own teachers with local booze. What happened
the next day? You were more serious bse u spent the previous day carelessly.
Didn't the Ombaci boys sell the school cat several times for local booze?
Were the not matching up to town for a dance? Am sure Wadri did the same
many things.
Lets stop being hypothetical, far removed and too academic in trying to
identify some of these problems.
Take the type of parents we had (they now take their children to study in
Kampala from PI!), they were so serious about their children's education.
Now you want to discipline a child in Mvara, she rejects the punishment
courtesy of the parent and the next day he is a student in Nile High. What
do you do as an educationist?
As opposed to other areas of the country, our private school are for the
poor of the poor and there is no discipline to talk of. School managements
are not being assisted so much by the other stake holders to deliver. Come
down and find out how these primary teachers (both primary and secondary)
are appointed, posted and transferred. You will be amazed.
I am not condoning teacher and pupils drinking and dancing together, but the
issue is indiscipline on the part of the all stake holders as Dr.Alicai
mentioned.
Let me also suggest that since we are receiving large volumes and volumes of
correspondences on this network. it would be of benefit to us all that if
you want to send a private mail to discuss private matters, isolate that
address first before sending.
Thanks
Ayibo Benard
0777517745/0772515536
--- On Sun, 3/15/09, Titus Alicai <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Titus Alicai <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: [WestNileNet] The people on the ground
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Date: Sunday, March 15, 2009, 8:20 PM
Unfortunately, this situation is apparently rampant in the region, but it
amounts to unparelleled indiscipline by (1) the teachers, (2) students, (3)
parents (who have either lost control - most kids just dont care to listen
any more; or many current generation also equally irresponsible, dont be
surprised if they are in those same 'joints' with their kids).
As I understand it, the local councils (village, subcounty and district)
have the powers to come up with legislation to regulate, limit or even ban
these discos and video shows etc in order to restore some sanity. Take the
Christmas day shooting at Alikua trading Center, Maracha, where a Senior 2
student was shot and killed at a disco by eithet the district police
commander and his escort -- they are in court and behind bars over this --
it is sad ...
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Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:17:13 -0700
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: [WestNileNet] The people on the ground
Now this is not a laughing matter. Hon. Kassiano Wadri was invited to make a
speech over the weekend. The good Hon. M.P for Terego had this to say in
relation to our penchant theme of Education. Commenting on the performance
of pupils who sat for their PLE last year, the M.P told us that only 3
pupils passed out of all the 57 primary schools in Terego County. Now wait
for the shocker, the M.P stated that teachers in Terego sit with their
pupils in "Kibanda's" (that is a colloquial term for "make shift" video
halls) the whole night watching movies. That it is common seeing those
teachers with their students dancing in those Godforsaken make shift
discotheques while imbibing the bitter staff. That when it comes for time
for lessons, its a common practice for the teacher to be sucking a packet of
the staff while teaching.. By the way thses gins are cheaply packed with
brand names like Kings Gin, Higbury, Old trafford et.c. I and Father
Ruffino exchanged some rare glances since both of us where in the audience.
Unfortunately the M.P did not give us a way forward. Ya the ball is in our
Court.
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