May you add Mr Aliga Stephen of Kabalega SS Masindi "[email protected]"
Mr. Anguyo Tom (currently based in Iraq) "[email protected]" Munduni Angelo SJ (now in Tanzania) "[email protected]" Thank you. ASEA BASIL --- On Mon, 3/4/13, Caleb Alaka <[email protected]> wrote: From: Caleb Alaka <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Research on poor academic performance in West Nile To: "A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, March 4, 2013, 4:59 AM Charles indeed our team is overwhelmed. Your suggestion is going to be placed before the Executive. I mean the work is enormous. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 4, 2013, at 3:07 AM, Charles Male <[email protected]> wrote: > Caleb, > > WN Foundation may wish to consider recruting a full-time Coordinator > if it is to realise the work that it is setting itself to do. The > proposed conference, follow up with members, MPs, district leaders etc > must be arranged and/or undertaken by a full-time Coordinator. The > members of the Board can't possibly follow up on all these discussions > while maintaining full time employment. > > The issue of poor performance has come up in the past and members both > here and Kobokonet have expressed their anger and frustration but as > we all know, very little was done to mitigate the situation. Unless > there is a Coordinator to follow up with the current discussions and > proposals, this too, will come to nought. > > We experimented with a Project Manager (PM) for Kobokonet which worked > very well...and freed those of us intimately involved in tryinign to > get the discussion going --- members raised funds to pay for the 12 > months that the PM coordinated Kobokonet. Part of the contract with > the PM was to undertake further fundraising in order to keep he > position going but unfortunately it never happened. > > Based on experience, the best way to ensure the success of any network > such as West Nile net or Kobokonet that seek to undertake > projects/programs is to employ a full-time Coordinator who reports to > the Board of Directors. > > Charles > > n 3/3/13, Caleb Alaka <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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. Thank >> 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 >>>>>> develop >>>>>> some THEORY in your mind. Quite often, this thought process may be >>>>>> SKEWED >>>>>> and sometimes it appears UNREALISTIC, but as you progress,you fine >>>>>> tune >>>>>> your thoughts and finally it makes sense.Meaning, you NEVER say NEVER. >>>>>> ? >>>>>> In other words, when you are desparately looking for a solution(as we >>>>>> are >>>>>> in this case from a point of anger and annoyance), you are bound to >>>>>> say >>>>>> or >>>>>> reason things that don't please others(.....talking abstracts, never >>>>>> realistic, theoretical >>>>>> and skewed reasoning....).The constructive and honorable approach to >>>>>> help >>>>>> your brother in such a situation?is to?reoarganise their reasoning to >>>>>> a >>>>>> more sensible piece. >>>>>> ? >>>>>> Ok, all words are good. But depending on how we use them,?they can >>>>>> turn >>>>>> out to be?offensive. Let us kindly moderate our own contributions so >>>>>> we >>>>>> gather as much to willow. >>>>>> ???? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ________________________________ >>>>>> From: Acidri Ernest <[email protected]> >>>>>> To: George Afi Obitre-Gama <[email protected]>; A Virtual Network for >>>>>> friends of West Nile <[email protected]> >>>>>> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 2:20 PM >>>>>> Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] A-Level Results WN Results - Pg 8 Monitor >>>>>> >>>>>> Members in this forum, >>>>>> You have raised some questions about UACE performance in West Nile. >>>>>> For some time, we have been discussing these issues on radio with head >>>>>> teachers, parents, students, political leaders etc. There are several >>>>>> factors that cause the decline. I agree with some of your suggestions, >>>>>> but some of you are talking abstracts, never realistic, theoretical >>>>>> and skewed reasoning on the topic. Let us have conference here in Arua >>>>>> and we shall examine all the options. There are some of you who have >>>>>> really helped through the OBs and OGs associations, so where is the >>>>>> problem and by the way, some of these schools mentioned will NEVER >>>>>> recover! >>>>>> Alfodi >>>>>> >>>>>> On 2/28/13, George Afi Obitre-Gama <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> 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? Are we not engaging >>>>>>> our >>>>>>> youngsters enough!! >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> 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). The List's Host is not responsible for them in >>>>>> any >>>>>> way. >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> -------------- next part -------------- >>>>>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>>>>> URL: < >>>>>> http://orion.kym.net/mailman/private/westnilenet/attachments/20130301/7d070df8/attachment-0001.html >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>>> >>>>>> Message: 2 >>>>>> Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 18:56:46 +0300 >>>>>> From: Robert Ejiku <[email protected]> >>>>>> To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> >>>>>> Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Thank you >>>>>> Message-ID: >>>>>> < >>>>>> cafactgvcxagynznvts6uu7bmoxc-fzu2wqgnbm2d1b1zmrt...@mail.gmail.com> >>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >>>>>> >>>>>> Way to go Andama James. That is the commitment pledge everyone needs >>>>>> to >>>>>> make for any of these efforts to succeed. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you. >>>>>> >>>>>> Ejiku >>>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 5:06 PM, James Andama <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Dear all, >>>>>>> I would like to join members of this forum in raising important >>>>>> questions >>>>>>> about the declining performance of schools in West Nile region. At >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> same time, I would like to introduce myself to this forum as a son of >>>>>> West >>>>>>> Nile who obtained his primary, secondary and tertiary education in >>>>>>> West >>>>>>> Nile before coming this way for further studies. Before I left west >>>>>> Nile I >>>>>>> had an experience of teaching in Yivu Primary school for at least >>>>>>> three >>>>>>> years. >>>>>>> I have been following the discussions on this forum very closely and >>>>>>> I >>>>>>> would like agree with following suggestions: >>>>>>> 1. conducting a study to ascertain the root causes of the problem and >>>>>>> share it with the various stake holders in conference in order to >>>>>>> forge >>>>>> a >>>>>>> way forward. >>>>>>> 2. Forming a task force/ education committee to organise the study >>>>>>> and >>>>>> the >>>>>>> conference and any other activity that will lead us to finding >>>>>> solutions to _______________________________________________ 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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