Hi Dear West Nilers, I would like to thank those who initiated such a group email where we can contribute ideas to develop our region. No one outside West Nile will come to do it for us. That should be our main focus. I also would like to thank Dr. Obaa Bernard of Makerere University for introducing me to this group email.
I am a teacher trainer by profession currently pursuing masters at Makerere. My passion is the decline of our schools in the region. I am sure you guys must have talked about education in our region, but we should not give up. I look forward to contributing in this forum. God bless u all. ASEA BASIL 0772655255 --- On Fri, 3/1/13, Robert Ejiku <[email protected]> wrote: From: Robert Ejiku <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] WEST NILE EDUCATION CONFRENCE To: "A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, March 1, 2013, 4:02 AM Thank you Vasco, The word is commitment and most of our ideas will actually work. Perhaps we try address how to get 10-12 people committed and they will help us in understanding later how to get in and make a difference. Thank you once again. Ejiku On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 2:04 PM, Vasco Oguzua <[email protected]> wrote: Dear Folks, The commitment issue Robert has stressed in my view is the gist of a lot of our dilemma in addressing most problems we have talked, discussed and recycled. Commitment and a very careful planning I think in this particular issue is as important. That is why I suggested a committee of at least 10 -12 people be established to conduct hearings in each district and the report from these committees be the basis of organizing the conference. This will of of course require a careful planning and time and commitment from people to take the initiative to volunteer themselves in these committees. One of the problems we have with our people is their lack of interest in volunteering their time to help their own communities. Thanks, Vasco On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 1:40 AM, Robert Ejiku <[email protected]> wrote: Caleb, You have said it even better. A convention, workshop oof any type would certainly bring some change but how committed are those who may not be sharing this problem with us right now? For instance does the CAO Arua or Nebbi think this is a problem? When you invite them at the hour of need they will send you one of those reps of theirs who may not even report back let alone direct policy or implementation at any stage. Its true we can not get everyone but thier commitment is paramount. Secondly such a convention needs alot of planning to realize the desired goals and that means time. Lets plan pray over it and implement. June is my earliest preference. Thank you, off to a meeting shortly and will be in touch later even on phone with some of you. Ejiku On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 9:06 PM, Caleb Alaka <[email protected]> wrote: Prof. Robert, I read your essay with tears, at times I feel like refusing to register my SIM cards and allowing to be switched off by UCC to avoid uncalled for heartaches from our region. Again the prospect of loosing business looms larger as a threat to the existence of my survival if my phone is switched off by UCC. Any way. Robert, if modern medicine fails to cure a strange disease or a long ailment, human beings resort to everything under the sky including, mysticism, witch crafty, superstition, spiritualism, salvation and mention it. The truth is all these are in most cases desperate measures, and believe you me, may be it gives a sense of hope. For donkey years, we have hoofed, puffed and gaffed over the death of education in our region. Fagil Mande the Chairman UNEB on TV lambasted mediocrity, and boldly stated that if you have mediocre teachers, who teach mediocre students in a mediocre school the results will surely be mediocre. I am not accusing any teacher since those are not my words. But those words sum up our situation. Prof, you, me and the rest have intervened in everything that affects us, if we had a convention say hosted in one of the schools, we invite all stake holders including Fagil Mande, we have two serious days of deliberation, we invite all head teachers from West Nile Schools or their representatives, business men, LC3, and V chairpersons, Education officers, RDCs, parents representatives, CAO's ourselves and MPs, Student representatives and we come up with resolutions which districts in West Nile can adopt as working documents including schools, and may be Government inclusive, then we see no change in attitudes of students, parents and school administrators and if we do not see improvement in results, I will gladly say, we did our part and may be resort to only prayers. Sorry these issues can only be expressed in form of essays. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 28, 2013, at 4:27 PM, aggrey adrale <[email protected]> wrote: Caleb, Elly, et al, I like the way all of you have reacted or responded to this alarming report. As correctly observed, "...Nyapea is on its death bed." It is true, not only St. Alloysius College, but several other schools are in that same bracket; laying in state for us to pay our last respects to them before their burial. Also true, not only are the academic standards falling but also the infrastructure holding the delicate potential intellectuals are crumbling and some buildings silting up! School administrators even portray incognisance of such gradual decay, yet they have the student labour resource to mitigate some of the infrastructure challenges then there is little wonder they even cast a blind eye to the decaying academic standards; and no doubt their administrative acumen. By the way what has become of the long promised Government of Uganda conceived infrastructure rehabilitation projects of these prominent schools in West Nile, Mvara, Nyapea, Ombaci? Is it true, furniture was delivered to some of the schools even without improvements of the housing infrastructure? This may not be the issue for now but suffice it to add that our formerly shining schools do not cast any image of academic confidence and assurance any more. The 'shipping' of our bright pupils/students to schools in Kampala, Mpigi, Wakiso and other districts, truly is taking a big toll but we have no choice at the moment if we have to set our children for the future competitive mode. You may even note many of the best performing schools in Kampala, Mpigi, Wakiso and other districts have a appreciable numbers of West Nilers staffing their teaching positions. When the time is ripe, I would particularly be interested to discuss "the 'shipment' of pupils/students to study in other regions/districts and its impact on the West Nile Economy", in the proposed WEST NILE EDUCATION CONFERENCE. Let us have an intervention this time round. Aggrey Adrale --- On Thu, 28/2/13, Nayenda Elly <[email protected]> wrote: From: Nayenda Elly <[email protected]> Subject: [WestNileNet] WEST NILE EDUCATION CONFRENCE To: "A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, 28 February, 2013, 10:25 West Nilers, Thanks for this platform were issues affecting the region are raised and discussed. A few facts about education in West Nile is that our traditional schools that we glorified in the past no longer hold onto that glory. Nyapea is on its death bed, others are struggling in the shadow of the past. Worse of all all bright pupils are 'shipped' down to Kampala and Wakiso districts and what is left behind is what we teachers have to process into the best we all want. The results tell a lot about our education row material, processing and output. Blame and lamentation is just breeding human resource disaster we shall surely reap in the nearest future. May i propose that West Nile Foundation spear heads organizing an Education Conference to critically discuss the falling education standards based on facts and figures and chart a viable way forward. This will help us mitigate the disaster. I look forward to making my input especially as somebody who is in the education field of play as a teacher. Keep up the struggle folks. West Nile is ours and we have the responsibility of offering it the best to be the best. Thanks and God Bless West Nile. Elly --- On Wed, 2/27/13, tabua butagira <[email protected]> wrote: From: tabua butagira <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] A-Level Results WN Results - Pg 8 Monitor To: "George Afi Obitre-Gama" <[email protected]>, "A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, February 27, 2013, 10:11 PM Morning Eng., I have decided to reply the mail only to you. Our Bureau Chief yesterday sent a story indicating one of Arua's best A-level student was an Ediofe Girls' SS candidate who obtained 17. I did call Ombaci HM who referred me to the deputy (in-charge academics), and he told me Ombaci's best was a Science student with 17 points, but the full results would not be available until today or tomorrow. Our Bureau Chief guys were not able to obtain the Mvara or any other results. Part of the problem might be that our school administrators are not fast in getting out the results and making it public. Regards, Tabu --- On Wed, 2/27/13, George Afi Obitre-Gama <[email protected]> wrote: From: George Afi Obitre-Gama <[email protected]> Subject: [WestNileNet] A-Level Results WN Results - Pg 8 Monitor To: "A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, February 27, 2013, 9:11 PM Brethren, I have gone through the today's Monitor list(pg 8) of A-level rankings one by one(1-273) without seeing our prominent schools in West Nile apart from Mvara SS which is ranked a whooping no. 187!!! I don't see Ombaci, Muni, Nyapea and others and they happen not be listed - probably my eyes are getting old!! Tabu Butagira should probably clarify if another list exists - otherwise I see the performance as already pathetic not withstanding the fact that the best P7 Pupil in West Nile got an agg 7. I am very angry and annoyed. What is happening? 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