Dear Jackson, Well come back from your field study and i hope the study was of value for the programme you are undertaking.Thanks Jackson for your interactions with those stake holders in our education sector and your observations as well but the feed back from the stakeholders about the decline in the education that the issues are VERY COMPLEX AND NEED CONCERTED EFFORTS leaves me desirous to know what these VERY COMPLEX issues are and in any can they not be addressed and whether these are of recent times that the glorious days of 70s or 80s were not affected by?.Surely it would do if the specifics of those complexities are underlined and the enormous concerted efforts of members is directed towards some or all of them to achieve results Once again thanks for the info. Regards --- On Mon, 3/4/13, JohnAJackson <[email protected]> wrote:
From: JohnAJackson <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Fwd: DR Epiphany Picho Report To: "samuel andema" <[email protected]> Cc: "maandebo doris" <[email protected]>, "Bugason Mike" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, March 4, 2013, 1:40 PM I think we have all shared various opinions and suggestions on the way forward on consistent poor performance in the schools in West Nile region since 1980's.a study was undertaken by German Technical Assistance (GTZ) in the early 2000 about the MAYANK districts, the results pointed to the same problems in schools in West Nile region. a study was also done in Koboko by Joint Koboko University Students Association which points to similar problems in the schools in Koboko district.another study was done by DEO in Moyo, all pointed to the same kind of problems in the schools in Moyo and Adjumani DR. Picho study points to the same problems in Yumbe.DO WE REALLY NEED MORE STUDIES TO COMMENCE AN ACTION PLAN? ALTHOUGH MORE COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES WON'T HURT AT ALL. Is seems obvious that starting to engage all stakeholders directly in dialogue about some of the issues/challenges in the schools in West Nile region is the most logical approach. lets engage the stakeholders in productive discussion so that we understand their perspective on the problems in the schools in their neighborhood.what actions do they want to implement in order to solve these problems how can we all help to minimize /reduce the adverse effects of the chronic/pandemic poor performance in secondary and elementary shools in West Nile region?all of us realize that one study after another or one research after another research without ACTIONABLE PLANS has very little benefit to the community. Therefore, CONFERENCE/WORKSHOP/SEMINAR is a logical step forward to start this process of diagnosis/healing. LET'S EMPOWER WEST NILE FOUNDATION TO TAKE LEADERSHIP IN ORGANIZING THE CONFERENCE FORM A COMMITTEE TO MAKE THIS TASK ACHIEVABLECHOOSE DATE AND LOCATION THAT ACCOMMODATES STAKEHOLDERS FROM ALL THE DISTRICTS.How do we fund this action pan? Without your financial support, WNF will have difficulty to deliver the task. On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 12:03 PM, samuel andema <[email protected]> wrote: Hello Mike, Good to hear from you and thank you for you proactive stance towards this important work Fr. Picho and his group did. I thank Jackson too for sharing the document with us all. I have just come back from a 15 months field work for my PhD research that I did in three research sites: Arua Core P.T.C, Liria Primary Schoo,l and Aria Primary School both in Terego. What I have learned from those 15 months of working closely with teachers, head teachers, parents and communities in those sites is that the issues that affect performance in schools are VERY COMPLEX and they really need concerted efforts to address them. One study, however grant it might be, can not adequately address all the issues. To understand the issues we need to engage in many more multiple ethnographic qualitative case studies in different sites and contexts to arrive at reliable evidence based conclusions and recommendation. What Fr. Picho and his team have done is commendable as a starting point. In order to disseminate the findings of their work in Yumbe particularly, you will need to bring the local governments (LC V and LC IIIs) on board so that they can feed the suggestions made into their work plans and budgets. There is not much you can achieve without budgetary provisions in that regard. You could also engage the educational NGOs and Civil Society Organizations in Yumbe to consider addressing some of the issues the study has highlighted. These NGOs and CSOs are usually less bureaucratic and result oriented and can deliver on their promises and they have budgets to engage in practical activities. The findings of the study could also be presented and discussed in a structured stakeholders' gathering which can take the form of a conference, a seminar or a workshop to drum up more support for their implementation. Clearly, for the findings of the study to translate into activities and services, you need money! The difficulty is in identifying who has the money and how you can convince that person to give you the money for the purpose. Short of that it will just remain a study, and that is it. These are some of the things I could quickly mention at this stage. Otherwise thank you for making me think aloud. All the best. Sam Andema (PhD Candidate) University of British Columbia Department of Language and Literacy Education Faculty of Education 2125 Main Mall Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z4 Email: [email protected] Telephone: (604) 649 0956 --- On Mon, 4/3/13, Bugason Mike <[email protected]> wrote: From: Bugason Mike <[email protected]> Subject: Fwd: DR Epiphany Picho Report To: "jackson avudria" <[email protected]> Cc: "andema" <[email protected]>, "maandebo doris" <[email protected]>, "Willy Ngaka" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, 4 March, 2013, 12:12 Jackson,Thank you very much for sharing this. The challenge for us now lies in sensitizing all the key stakeholders to take note of the findings concerning their areas of responsibility and motivating them to effectively implement the pertinent recommendations therein. I will share this with some of the relevant officials and leaders of Yumbe District. Dear Mr/Mrs Sam Andema, Dr. Anguyo Milton and Dr. Willy Ngaka can I benefit from your vast experience, profound knowledge and expertise in the field of education, and with particular application to the above problem? How can we best bring stakeholders to implement those good commendations to improve the educational standards in Yumbe District? There is a real risk that the recommendations may be archived without being fully implemented. Once again, thank you. Mike Sent from Bugason's iPad On Mar 4, 2013, at 4:42, JohnAJackson <[email protected]> wrote: Attached is PDF document, please share with you colleagues, sometimes, westnile.net strips documents. Please distribute to people in your network <Dr. Picho Probe Committee Findings and Recommendations Version 2 (1).pdf> -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________
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