On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 06:05, Begumisa Gerald M wrote: <snip> > I think that is a really good system - it takes into account one of the > most important things in the field, as I've discovered - the ability to > accurately estimate how long your project will take you. And, the ability > to *deliver along the way* - yeah, it kinda gives the management some > satisfaction that they are not "paying you for nothing". > > > Since the outcome of the project rarely goes beyond the report and > > presentation, the skill we employers tend to be looking for is the > > ability for the student to originate and idea but also manage the > > time so as to deliver the project on time. > > I've come to learn this the hard way :-).
Ideally that's what it should be but at Makerere, the difference between the "REAL WORLD" and the "ACADEMIC WORLD" is so big and further widened by the sylabii(which are, in my view, out of sync). Any effort to merge the two, however slight, is usually disastrous. That is why most students usually resort to cramming the (sometimes outdated) notes and pass the exam,get it over and done with other than trying to study and at the end of the day, the grades are acquired but neither the knowledge nor the discipline for development of ideas or even bringing these ideas to life. That's why chances of finding a typical product of Makerere University coming up with something like the "Cellphone detecor" or anything thereof related is a "strange" occurrace...you can most definately attribute such success to other factors other than the 3 or 4 years spent in study at the legendary institution. > > Maybe we need to make sure that students are not actually just > > passing time at uni but have an interesting. Some kind of career > > guidance might be helpful to motivate the students. > > For sure - many employers want you to start delivering in the shortest > time possible - and not to take time learning how to deliver. Hehehehe, at least at the "institute", they are more interested in "how you deliver" and not "you delivering", so at the end of the day, if you are not careful, you are so good at telling stories (usually archaic) about "how to deliver" yet actually never able to deliver. Sit through some of these project presentation sessions, some of the questions asked are so dissapointing (in terms of relevance to assessing the students ability) that you get several silly answers...but I guess that's where the marks are:-) Regards. > > Gerald. > > > --------------------------------------------- > This service is hosted on the Infocom network > http://www.infocom.co.ug -- Ezra Banoba Network Engineer one2net www.one2net.co.ug "Doing well is a result of Doing good. That's what capitalism is all about." --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
