Hi Sam Ejibua and others,
I'm reliably informed you have the summary of result for various schools in
West Nile regarding the above subject, if you could share it with the members
of this forum.
Through you may I say congratulations to Mvara S.S. for posting a fairly good
and promising result in the last A-Level examination. We can review and build
on the little that we evaluate to have been the cogs behind this
appreciable motion by Mvara.
It's high time we did our own analyses of the results every year at the various
levels to see if there are signs of progress or steady decline; review actions
which could have led to such progress or failures if any.
It may be a little futile to always rely and depend on, and be carried away
by the media rankings for we know what some of the "good schools" do; which
include over-emphasizing examinations at the peril of education, registering
their "dull" students elsewhere, in order to doctor and post the flashy
results. In my career, I have interfaced with some of the 'bright" students or
graduates, my observation...an appreciable number of them are lacking in many
aspects. Perhaps I'm wrong, many people may have their own experiences.
In a way I am not discouraging ourselves from appreciating good performance by
students and schools. It would do to set our own annual targets/reviews with
parents, students, teachers and all other stakeholders in our schools and the
region in the context of the prevailing and future environments that the
stakeholders can change in the short and long runs.
Long live our struggles to improve education in our West Nile Schools.
Aggrey Adrale
--- On Thu, 17/3/11, Kadara Kursum <kadarakur...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
From: Kadara Kursum <kadarakur...@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] A LEVEL RESULTS 2010.
To: "A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile" <westnilenet@kym.net>
Date: Thursday, 17 March, 2011, 15:22
Interesting. Many thanks for sharing and God Bless.
Kadara Kursum Akujo
From: Aluma Adam <aluma...@yahoo.com>
To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <westnilenet@kym.net>
Sent: Thu, 17 March, 2011 8:23:34
Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] A LEVEL RESULTS 2010.
Florence Eva,
Thank you for posting a great piece of guidance on key areas for meaningful
focus in the much needed effort to improve on the quality of education in
WestNile Region and perhaps even beyond. Such specific and precise insights by
practitioners in my view add more value to our developmental dialogue.
It will never be too late to submit useful information as yours. It is my hope
that education managers and interested stakeholders in the region can focus on
the seven points raised in your communication among other prescriptions.
Adam B. Adam
From: Florence Elva Ssereo <fsse...@hotmail.com>
To: westnilenet@kym.net
Sent: Wed, March 16, 2011 8:05:34 PM
Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] A LEVEL RESULTS 2010.
Dear all,
I am a late comer in this discussion, and jumping on a fast moving bus may not
be the best thing to do . However, I cannot resist sharing with everyone some
insights that I have gained through my work.
Quality is difficult to improve when discussed in general terms because
concrete actions are required. Which means identifying key factors that affect
quality, and addressing them simultaneously. As Aliti pointed out parental
followup, teachers, etc, but (1)teachers alone will not improve quality
of performance of students (and of their education) to the expected
levels. Other equally important factors are (2)curriculum content and
relevance, (3)textbooks and teaching-learning materias, (4)language of
teaching-learning, (5)learning-teaching environment (school), (6) health and
nutritional status of the student, and (7) management, administration and
planning. Therefore, investing in quality may not necessarily mean building new
schools. Taking a holistic approach to alaysing the extent to which the various
factors affect education and student's performance in examinations, (which
again is limited if used as the only assessment tool) and
responding through concrete actions at the appropriate levels, and
simultaneously may have to be considered. Perhaps, I am re-opening the
discussion on the topic!
Florence Sereo, Education program officer in UNESCO (currently)
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 02:35:40 -0700
From: alit...@yahoo.com
To: westnilenet@kym.net
Subject: [WestNileNet] A LEVEL RESULTS 2010.
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Dear colleagues,
Greetings during this lent period. Many thanks for your contributions to the
debate on the above subject. Iam still expectantly waiting for a virtual friend
to post for us the summary of the A level results for schools or some
schools in West Nile regions.
However it is clear that our attention to education of our children should be
tackled from a holistic approach because success in examinations is also
related to a strategic or deep learning style. Reasons for relatively
high failure rate in west Nile schools is unlikely to be explained by absence
of good and committed teachers. The cause of the poor perfomance may more
likely be the poor study habits of our current generation of students in west
Nile, indequate commitment of most parents and some few teachers due to
economic reasons and thirdly most private schools established by our own
people in the region are not inspired by the need to improve students
performance but the need for money.
Private schools like Ushindi SS and Christ The King P.S should be uplaunded for
their good performance in the 2010 O level and PLE exams respectively. If a
model A level private school inspired by the need to improve students
performance could be established and we build on the Govt effort in Public
Schools we may see some opportunity to improve the standards in our schools.
Remember the story of St. Charles Lwanga -Koboko, When many west nile students
were refused admissions in St josephs Ombaci in the 60s and 70s on the pretex
that they were not 'bright ', an Italian verona father(RIP) opted to
establish St .Charles Lwanga-Koboko to absorb the west nile students and to
prove to the management of ombaci by then that they were wrong to refuse
admissions to west nilers and after just 2 years, Kobokos performance was
better than that one of Ombaci . So the issue is inspirational to a large
extend.
Note that each of us in positions of responsibility outside Westnile and within
the region should also personnally be concerned and involved in affairs of at
least schools in our villages, parishes or sub counties individually( At
least one school) and support or take part in some annual event in the schools
as a member of board of governors,as a committee member or a concerned citizen
of that area. We should not abandon the schools to our parents,students and the
teachers and wait to lament when the results come out.
I lead by example in Oleba S.S and Arua Public S.S where i have been a long
serving board member and signs are that results are improving yearly in their
Olevel exams. I support efforts by OBs of Mvara and Ombaci in thier efforts.
I would like to invite a serious investor to Arua to invest in a quality A
LEVEL Secondary school, then most of our children may not have to study down
country.
Till then have a good day.
Candia Tom Aliti
Principal Finance Officer Budget and Finance Division, Planning Department,
Directorate of planning and Development,Ministry of Health.
P O Box 7272,Kampala.
Mob Tel. +256772574789
Email: alit...@yahoo.com.
In justice and moments of decision, do not maintain attitude of indifference.
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