Hi Mr President/Yufu and great westnilers, The issue of having a practical EDUCATION CONVENTION for our dear region is a long over due one, and as it is urgent, i propose 1st April ie Easter Monday "NOT FOOLS DAY" as an ideal day for the Conference unless other wise. May God bless us and guide us through. Mickson.
--- On Thu, 28/2/13, Caleb Alaka <calebal...@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Caleb Alaka <calebal...@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] WestNileNet Digest, Vol 54, Issue 16 To: "Gilbert Ringtho" <gring...@yahoo.co.uk>, "A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile" <westnilenet@kym.net> Cc: "Felix Amabe" <amabefe...@yahoo.com>, "westnilenet@kym.net" <westnilenet@kym.net> Date: Thursday, 28 February, 2013, 10:16 Thanks gentlemen, the Executive of the Foundation is taking up this matter with urgency Sent from my iPhone On Feb 28, 2013, at 12:30 PM, Gilbert Ringtho <gring...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: Thx Felix-WNF, needs to pick this up and get it worked on asap; lets creat a TT for this and get things done....Work is done..when actually done. We can replicate and improve- situations of earlier years; 1970's,1980's, early 1990s. Arua-and Westnile-became the house of academia; We used to travel from Kampala at all costs( including by Air)- to study in Arua/WestNile, due great grades posted then. Late Abiriga Hercules and many others-were highly respected in K'la and in the country. You will agree with me that some of the results are very visible today- the prominent WestNilers in Key positions..BUT THIS HAS TO BE SUSTAINED.I can see urger need to act-in a more strategic way and move on. I want to share with you that-I have tried to quitely be exemplary myself. I have established, we can made tremendous changes with small incomes. We only need strategic focus ,discipline and the crave to work on our success agenda. I will be willing to share my experience with the rest at a workshop, conference etc. WestNile-Must rise and shine and become a region to emulate rgds Gilbert From: Felix Amabe <amabefe...@yahoo.com> To: "westnilenet@kym.net" <westnilenet@kym.net> Sent: Thursday, 28 February 2013, 11:15 Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] WestNileNet Digest, Vol 54, Issue 16 Well spoken Gilbert like the career economist. You have highlighted the broader context in which our education system operates and particularly the possible factors impacting performance of WN Schools in National Examinations. The situation is quite grim and I guess our generation should grab the opportunity to act on the broader spectrum that Gilbert has outlined. We probably need discussions, expert support, advice, refining and right-sizing the ideas to our capacities or capabilities but the sadly un-deniable fact is we must act or else the geneartions to come will keep fire-fighting the same way we are. How, where or on which point we start to act on these issues can be determined upon agreement. WNF could possibly be one of the spring boards for such action. Good day. From: "westnilenet-requ...@kym.net" <westnilenet-requ...@kym.net> To: westnilenet@kym.net Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 9:38 AM Subject: WestNileNet Digest, Vol 54, Issue 16 Send WestNileNet mailing list submissions to westnilenet@kym.net 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 westnilenet-requ...@kym.net You can reach the person managing the list at westnilenet-ow...@kym.net 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 (Gilbert Ringtho) 2. Re: A-Level Results WN Results - Pg 8 Monitor (Gilbert Ringtho) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 06:37:34 +0000 (GMT) From: Gilbert Ringtho <gring...@yahoo.co.uk> To: George Afi Obitre-Gama <gobi...@yahoo.com>, A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <westnilenet@kym.net>, A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <westnilenet@kym.net> Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] A-Level Results WN Results - Pg 8 Monitor Message-ID: <1362033454.63848.yahoomail...@web172601.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Great Observation, ? WestNile needs a total re-think as to how we can forge growth and development in the region; we need to act on key success drivers and be shrewed there, something similar to what the Businessmen are doing,?branded as "Arua Boys". We have to creat that numbers and impact in the follow areas ? 1-Agriculture- lets lilt towards commecialization; agric success was traditionally; tobbacco, coffee, cotton, Tea and to some extent cattle keeping- that was Westnile, then in commercial sense. They need to be revived, bit by bit and monitor progress ? 2- Education-Westnile has had good brains in this sector-? Can't we make these brains 'invade'-good schools in the country; Budo, Namagunga, Ntare, Kitende, Nanugogo etc, in big numbers and demonstrate results at home? Not forgetting that these can generate sufficient trickling effect...but critical mass, or better still great numbers are needed e.g many doctors , engineers, Lawyere, Accountants, Influential Politicians, Corporate Managers-CEO's, MDs and more guys in influencial positions- ready to creat impact and earn hefty sums e.g UGX 5Om per month...Not for the faint hearted and excuses but work for them. We have great work attitude but we need to drive to its complete end. THE BENEFITS MUST BE PLOUGHED BACK TO CREATE AND ENABLE WEALTH IN THE REGION. This can twigger so many things; high incomes-which can be used to pay school fees in not only good schools but can also boost the local schools..the adage is' where ever there are resources-issues flow quickly. ? 3-Business- Proximity to boarders can a good load of benefits to be exploited; Sudan, Congo etc..WestNilers need? to take advantage inoreder to exploit resource & skills gaps- I can see some WestNilers in South Sudan, Congo etc in businesses, corporates etc. Kenyans have exploited this tendency-in Congo, Rwanda etc...they have a strong solidarity and leave a womnderful landmark ? 4-Industries and Other Service sectors- We had Adrikos and many must be encouraged and sustained. 5-ETC ? note: a) Need to have develop & growth agenda- disseminate to? win people's hearts and thus preach- periodic evaluation programs. ???????? b)Above all, we must learn to channell funds more to productive ventures rather than to promote our consumption egos. ? and-list is endless...what is is important is to start, in our small bits, get more pragmatic and stop lamenting...we need to show positive results my brothers and sisters ? Best rgds Gilbert Ringtho ? ________________________________ From: George Afi Obitre-Gama <gobi...@yahoo.com> To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <westnilenet@kym.net> Sent: Thursday, 28 February 2013, 8:11 Subject: [WestNileNet] A-Level Results WN Results - Pg 8 Monitor 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 WestNileNet@kym.net 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/20130228/648bed7c/attachment-0001.html> ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 06:37:34 +0000 (GMT) From: Gilbert Ringtho <gring...@yahoo.co.uk> To: George Afi Obitre-Gama <gobi...@yahoo.com>, A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <westnilenet@kym.net>, A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <westnilenet@kym.net> Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] A-Level Results WN Results - Pg 8 Monitor Message-ID: <1362033454.63848.yahoomail...@web172601.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Great Observation, ? WestNile needs a total re-think as to how we can forge growth and development in the region; we need to act on key success drivers and be shrewed there, something similar to what the Businessmen are doing,?branded as "Arua Boys". We have to creat that numbers and impact in the follow areas ? 1-Agriculture- lets lilt towards commecialization; agric success was traditionally; tobbacco, coffee, cotton, Tea and to some extent cattle keeping- that was Westnile, then in commercial sense. They need to be revived, bit by bit and monitor progress ? 2- Education-Westnile has had good brains in this sector-? Can't we make these brains 'invade'-good schools in the country; Budo, Namagunga, Ntare, Kitende, Nanugogo etc, in big numbers and demonstrate results at home? Not forgetting that these can generate sufficient trickling effect...but critical mass, or better still great numbers are needed e.g many doctors , engineers, Lawyere, Accountants, Influential Politicians, Corporate Managers-CEO's, MDs and more guys in influencial positions- ready to creat impact and earn hefty sums e.g UGX 5Om per month...Not for the faint hearted and excuses but work for them. We have great work attitude but we need to drive to its complete end. THE BENEFITS MUST BE PLOUGHED BACK TO CREATE AND ENABLE WEALTH IN THE REGION. This can twigger so many things; high incomes-which can be used to pay school fees in not only good schools but can also boost the local schools..the adage is' where ever there are resources-issues flow quickly. ? 3-B _______________________________________________ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net 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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