Dear members, Clearly enough research has been undertaken on the ailing education sector in west Nile region. May i propose that we identify one school each from both secondary and primary section, and use it as a case study and try to implement some of the recommendations contained in the report?
The interventions that will have been adopted in the school so identified can be used as a model and spread to the others. Of course the issue would be which school? * Regards, Winfred Adukule-Meuter * On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 9:43 AM, Carmello Draga <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 ACHIEVABLE > - CHOOSE 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. > _______________________________________________ > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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