Dear all, Thanks to the Task Force on University for moving this agenda forward. While they continue with this noble pursuit, they should seroiusly consider:
a) Starting a fuculty in one of the existing institutions because facilities already exist. Whichever institution they pick, they should consult with local govt authorities, school administrators and Ministry of Education. It's a lot easier to open a University in existing school than openin a new ground. b) The university can expand fuculties to the new donated land at Bidibidi as resources become more available. Starting a university in a new virgin land with no buildings will consume a lot of time, 2-5 years easily with nothing tangible being done. Developing infrastructure from zero considering all variable factors should concern all of us. Fund raising for a new university is a lot of work, needs dedicated team of volunteers, experts, etc c) It's cheaper and faster to turn the existing colleges into universities. What is needed most is the money & staff. Most universities start this way even in the developed countries. c) Electricity is vital for developing small scale industries in our region that seriously suffer from high rate of unemployment. I would encourage people on the ground to form another commitee or Task Force for electricity. Without stable power supply, West Nile region will never attract any industrial development. Big corporations locate to an area because of (i) cheap power supply, (ii) low taxes, (iii) labor supply, (iv) good road network, (v) availability of natural resources. West Nile region is nearly deficient in almost all of these factors. d) *Other Infrastructure Projects* We need to form strong commitees or Task Forces to follow up on other infrastructure projects. Good commitees can follow up on different projects or programs simultaneously. What we need is GOOD WILL & dedicated people. Nothing can be done unless we are willing to sacrifice a little bit of our time to work on any of these committees. JJAvudria On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 4:00 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send WestNileNet mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of WestNileNet digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. UWN and Where should it be Located (aliti candia) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:35:15 -0700 (PDT) > From: aliti candia <[email protected]> > Subject: [WestNileNet] UWN and Where should it be Located > To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi Ma dear colleagues, > > I would like to contribute on the issue of location of U -OWN. (University > of West Nile). I wish to thank Maandera and sunday for their brilliant > contributions on this topic. > Many important and sometimes unique factors have to be considered when > deciding on location of a university. Students are attracted to a university > becuase of different reasons including personal satisfaction and location. A > good location for a new public university is almost as important as having a > good idea in the first place. We should be prepared to make intelligent > compromises in relation to the issue of location of U -OWN. The decisions > should be objective taking into account that; the location should be able to > gain a competitive advantage over any competition. Gaining a competitive > advantage is vital to achieve an edge over competition with other > private universities in the region. > I believe most if not all students of the proposed U-OWN will initially > start by leaving off campus . Location is therefore of indispensable > importance and must play its role in the process of decision. Availability > of services such as banking,night clubs,sports,accomodation or potential > accomodation ETC are key to attracting students. Finally a large number of > people and or a vibrant community around the university plays a > satifaction role for the students and the entire university staff. > I suggest objectively that Arua 'Regional City' is the ideal location to > start small and eventaully expand our treasured U -OWN.There is a point at > which everything becomes simple and there is no longer any question of > choice, because all the committee have staked will be lost if they look > back on the ideal choice of location .We are also politicians so to say the > politicians have to take the final decision is not correct becuase we are > politicians too as voters. > But note the Dutch Proverb that ; 'HE WHO HAS A CHOICE HAS TROUBLE'. > > Tom Aliti > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://orion.kym.net/pipermail/westnilenet/attachments/20100618/a92d1d9a/attachment-0001.html > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > WestNileNet mailing list > [email protected] > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > > > End of WestNileNet Digest, Vol 22, Issue 51 > ******************************************* >
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