Lets agree on simple things first, & be solution focused - move forward with Conference/Workshop/Seminar for June either 14/15 or move to 21/22. - 3 months is enough time to plan for this - form a commitee to lead this effort - who is our audience? Secondary HMs or Primary HMs and who else? 100-300 should be enough to start addressing this problem - where shall we hold this? what school has a big hall? NTC, Mvara, Ombaci, Lodonga? - what location will be good for most people? - what is the theme? - can we team up with local education officers to disseminate information? - who will be moderator? Can Dr. Obaa facilitate this? or someone else? - do we have conference equipment available? may we can borrow from Catholic Center, I assume they have something.
Conducting comprehensive Research - let's find a two student/s who are interested in research for Masters in Education and see a way to fund them to do a research. This would be a good project. On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 7:15 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. Re: Research on poor academic performance in West Nile > (Caleb Alaka) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2013 16:15:02 +0300 > From: Caleb Alaka <[email protected]> > To: banduga ismail <[email protected]>, A Virtual Network for > friends of West Nile <[email protected]> > Cc: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Research on poor academic performance in > West Nile > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Ismail, you have made the point I have been grappling with, I also thought > that while we are trying to find out the problem with our schools, we > should also find out why some schools are continuously performing well, if > we agree on carrying out the research, we may then need to have two teams, > we can for purposes of cutting of costs commission a team based in West > Nile to carry out the research down there and another based in Kampala. Any > way lets generate much more ideas > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 3, 2013, at 10:49 AM, banduga ismail <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Members, > > > > I agree with Charles that doing a research would delay action. I agree > with Obaa that taking action based on a research done some years ago and > only in one area (Yumbe) may not only be counter productive but also > misleading. According to Charles, a similar research was done in Koboko and > the findings were the same. Someone should tell me whether or not action > has been taken since those researches were done. If yes, then those > findings may not be valid now. If no, then we have a point to start from. > Obaa presents a professional view point of how a problem is identified, > turned into a re-searchable topic with a view of addressing the problem. > Charles presents a pragmatic approach, of taking action on what we already > know. > > > > I want to believe that all of us appreciate this crystal clear fact that > education performance in our schools has gone down and is getting worse. I > also want to believe that we know why this is the case in our schools > today, a picture that has not been so in the past. More research as Charles > contents will mean our actions come later, maybe after we have seen two or > more sets of poor results. > > > > As we go in for more research or action, I would think we need to also > research in areas and schools where performances are constantly good and > improving every year. I think that is where we need to learn so that the > findings in such a research would inform our interventions in our schools. > Doing research in our schools among other things will authenticate our poor > performance, a fact we already know. Whereas doing a research in schools > with good performance will enable us understand how they do it for that we > may emulate them. Not so? > > > > Ismail > > ------------------------------- > > > > From: Caleb Alaka <[email protected]> > > To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, 3 March 2013, 9:46 > > Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Research on poor academic performance in West > Nile > > > > I am touched with all the views being expressed, I have also seen the > magnitude of the work on our shoulders as leaders of West Nile Foundation, > I think this name was appropriately given to our organization looking at > the tasks ahead, I thank all those who have volunteered here and there to > be part of the anticipated committee in charge of either the fact finding > committee or the organizing Committee of the intended conference, John > Jackson has always been instrumental in summarizing action points, as we > continue generating more ideas, I pray John is going to work hand in hand > with Drani Francis Xaviour our SG to summarize our agreed points, thanks > for all those contributing, lets air out our different views, let us not > forget that we too are part of the West Nile Community. Some of you are > experts in conducting online research, when time comes for the committee to > carry out research, it will definitely require researches of the Yumbe, > Koboko reports and our own input. Tha > nk > > s. We your leaders are already having series of meetings and you will > soon be informed of the outcomes. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Mar 3, 2013, at 3:14 AM, Charles Male <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Dr Obaa, > > > > > > I agree with Mr. Jackson Avudria that the results of the study in > > > Yumbe district can be extrapolated across the rest of west nile > > > districts. Mr. Stephen Todoko (former Chair of Anticorruption Koboko) > > > and the Koboko Joint University Students Association (KOJUSA) > > > undertook similar but separate studies as a result of concerns arising > > > from poor performance in PLE, O and A levels. The results mirror those > > > seen in Yumbe District exactly. Just substitute Koboko for Yumber and > > > everything remains the same. Plus, in my opinion if you really, really > > > want to find how bad our education system has gone...Yumber and Koboko > > > districts are the best case studies for I think they are at the bottom > > > if you ranked perfromance in west nile districts/counties. Sure, you > > > will hear that St Charles Lwanga performed well in some years but do > > > not forget that the majority Lwanga students come from outside of the > > > district! It may be different now but that was always the situation. > > > > > > So to me undertaking further research will delay action and the good > > > will that is arising now! Action is what is needed now. > > > > > > Part of the preparation for this conference should be concurrent one > > > on one (if possible) meetings between WN Foundation leadership with > > > all WN MPs to ascertain their take on the deplorable performance and > > > what action(s) they intend to take to addres the situation. > > > > > > There should be targeted meetings either now or after the proposed > > > conference with different groups -- for example, religious leaders, > > > CSOs, college and university student associations etc. > > > > > > All our leaders and especially the religious and community leaders > > > should use their previledged positions to talk to their congregations > > > and stakeholders about the importance of education. > > > > > > Even as a young and interrupted student who was not able to finish his > > > A level due to the Ugandan war, I personally took the opportunity to > > > talk to many many of our younger students in the refugee camps in > > > South Sudan when I worked as a research assistant for Dr. Harrell-Bond > > > who conducted research among Ugandan (read Madi, Lugbara and Kakwa) > > > refugees in South Sudan in the early 1980s. Like the many > > > contemporaries I have on Koboko and West Nile nets, education was > > > something that was imparted upon my mind at an early age from home. > > > Children will never succeed if parents think they will outsource their > > > responsibilities to other people. > > > > > > Over the past two or three years KOJUSA played an important role > > > during their long vacation in speaking to elementary and secondary > > > students in Koboko district. In addition, KOJUSA and other Koboko > > > youth were supported by the community both in and outside Koboko to > > > organize annual youth conferences where the importance of education > > > was discussed. > > > > > > You will all recall that the children we are lamenting about are the > > > children of our contemporaries -- most of whom were children who spent > > > their chilhood as refugees. It is not surprising therefore that we are > > > reaping the terrible consequences of the civil war(s) in west > > > nile/Uganda! > > > > > > We have many a time asked our politicians to work together for the > > > good of west nile but unfortunately, you never hear about a West NILE > > > CAUCUS in parliament when you constantly hear about Acholi, Lango, > > > Buganda, Teso etc etc who are pushing for development for their > > > regions. So we should not be surprised when you hear bad performance > > > year in year out! > > > > > > I recall Hon Moses Ali spearheading a west nile development conference > > > in the early 1990s. I thought that conference would take root but > > > unfortunately, it never did! > > > > > > WNF leadership should consult with him as well for the way forward. > > > > > > Education, like all other forms of learning starts right from home. > > > The days when parents outsourced their children's learning ended in > > > 1978/9 before we left our respective villages as refugees to Congo and > > > South Sudan. In the good old days, parents could rely on the > > > educators, church, clan and community leaders, uncles etc to > > > discipline errant children. As I stated in these two fora before, > > > parents, uncles, teachers, religious and other community leaders lost > > > their influence on children when they were in exile. Those among us > > > who succeeded did so mostly on their own determination. > > > > > > I could go on and on and on but I will stop my rumbling here for the > > > time being hoping that it will also ignite a flicker in others... > > > > > > Charles > > > > > > > > > On 3/2/13, Bernard B. Obaa <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> My people, > > >> > > >> Thank you Jackson for volunteering to retrieve a research report on > poor > > >> performance of schools in Yumbe district. It would be great to read > that > > >> report. Whatever the results of that study, I think a study conducted > four > > >> years ago should not stop us from doing a related study. In fact, that > > >> study can provide some comparative perspective to a new study. > > >> > > >> There is another problem from relying on that study for our purpose. > > >> Yumbe is not representative of conditions in West Nile. It is not > right to > > >> generalize findings from a study done only in Yumbe for the whole > region. > > >> To make such a generalization, one may have to do the study in more > than > > >> one district in the region with a good justification for the selected > > >> districts. > > >> > > >> If we choose to commission a study, which I feel we should, I would > like to > > >> be part of the research team. The results from the study could form > the > > >> basis for presentations/discussions/resolutions in the proposed > education > > >> conference. > > >> > > >> Kind regards, > > >> > > >> Bernard Obaa, PhD > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 8:48 PM, JohnAJackson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >> > > >>> For the benefit of people who are new to this forum, > > >>> > > >>> Yes, Research was done By Dr. Epiphany Picho (Fr.), who is currently > > >>> coordinating Muni University set up. Dr. Picho did a study on Poor > > >>> performance in Schools in Yumbe District. This was part of core Team > of > > >>> Task Force for Education. > > >>> > > >>> The results of the study was distributed on this forum 4 years ago. > The > > >>> issues analyzed can be extrapolated to all districts. > > >>> > > >>> As a reminder, I can fish this document out and re-post for anyone > who > > >>> did > > >>> see the research results > > >>> > > >>> On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 9:57 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. Re: A-Level Results WN Results - Pg 8 Monitor (Sam Aderubo) > > >>>> 2. Re: Thank you (Robert Ejiku) > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >>>> > > >>>> Message: 1 > > >>>> Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 06:36:55 -0800 (PST) > > >>>> From: Sam Aderubo <[email protected]> > > >>>> To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected] > >, > > >>>> George Afi Obitre-Gama <[email protected]> > > >>>> Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] A-Level Results WN Results - Pg 8 Monitor > > >>>> Message-ID: > > >>>> <[email protected]> > > >>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > >>>> > > >>>> Let us re-arrange a few things in the mail from our Broder; > > >>>> ? > > >>>> Research apparently is a process to answer a question such as "..SO > > >>>> WHERE > > >>>> IS THE PROBLEM?".?It sometimes starts as an ABSTRACT.You literally > > >>>> dev > > _______________________________________________ > > 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). 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