Kefa, I beleive you make alot of sense and actually also point towards some answers in your piece.
Thank you. Ejiku. On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 12:19 PM, atibuni kefa <atibu...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Dear folks, > Many opinions expressed on this forum have spanned a range of approaches > for thinking about, and working to improve quality of education in our > region. May I ask; does someone have a researched document highlighting > some of the key causes of the declining performance in our schools? If yes, > may we share such write-up so that it can give an impetus to the kind > of intervention/seminar/workshop the WNF is about to organize. > I know, we have heard testimonies from teachers, students, parents and > many others who partake in the education systems of our region, but I still > belief that testimonies without empirical data may not provide us with > better insights into how we can jointly rescue the sinking boat. > Fagil Mande the Chairman UNEB may have lambasted “mediocrity”, as the main > cause of the poor performance in schools, but unfortunately, himself as a > senior educationist may not have even suggested ways to kick such > mediocrity out of the system. Is it because of the liberalization of the > education sector, or it’s a caste system in schools? Yes, mediocre students > go to mediocre schools to be taught by mediocre teachers. > I’m of the view that if we had reliable information on the main causes of > the declining performance(although this is likely to vary from district to > district or even from school to school) we would then be able to make > recommendations after examining the broad perspectives such as the > socio-cultural environment in which our students study; policy and political > frame-works etc. > Some districts like Arua took the first steps and developed the Education > Ordinance, but the question is; what is the impact of such legislation? > Maybe it’s still too early to ask. > Otherwise, if not well planned, we risk recycling the old stories we hear > on the radios about the usual low grades without anything significantly > novel. > Good Weekend, > Kefa Atibuni > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Robert Ejiku <ejikurob...@gmail.com> > *To:* A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <westnilenet@kym.net> > *Sent:* Friday, March 1, 2013 9:40 AM > *Subject:* Re: [WestNileNet] WEST NILE EDUCATION CONFRENCE > > Caleb, > > You have said it even better. A convention, workshop oof any type would > certainly bring some change but how committed are those who may not be > sharing this problem with us right now? For instance does the CAO Arua or > Nebbi think this is a problem? When you invite them at the hour of need > they will send you one of those reps of theirs who may not even report back > let alone direct policy or implementation at any stage. Its true we can not > get everyone but thier commitment is paramount. > > Secondly such a convention needs alot of planning to realize the desired > goals and that means time. Lets plan pray over it and implement. June is my > earliest preference. > > Thank you, off to a meeting shortly and will be in touch later even on > phone with some of you. > > Ejiku > > On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 9:06 PM, Caleb Alaka <calebal...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Prof. Robert, I read your essay with tears, at times I feel like refusing > to register my SIM cards and allowing to be switched off by UCC to avoid > uncalled for heartaches from our region. Again the prospect of loosing > business looms larger as a threat to the existence of my survival if my > phone is switched off by UCC. Any way. Robert, if modern medicine fails to > cure a strange disease or a long ailment, human beings resort to everything > under the sky including, mysticism, witch crafty, superstition, > spiritualism, salvation and mention it. The truth is all these are in most > cases desperate measures, and believe you me, may be it gives a sense of > hope. For donkey years, we have hoofed, puffed and gaffed over the death of > education in our region. Fagil Mande the Chairman UNEB on TV lambasted > mediocrity, and boldly stated that if you have mediocre teachers, who teach > mediocre students in a mediocre school the results will surely be mediocre. > I am not accusing any teacher since those are not my words. But those words > sum up our situation. Prof, you, me and the rest have intervened in > everything that affects us, if we had a convention say hosted in one of the > schools, we invite all stake holders including Fagil Mande, we have two > serious days of deliberation, we invite all head teachers from West Nile > Schools or their representatives, business men, LC3, and V chairpersons, > Education officers, RDCs, parents representatives, CAO's ourselves and MPs, > Student representatives and we come up with resolutions which districts in > West Nile can adopt as working documents including schools, and may be > Government inclusive, then we see no change in attitudes of students, > parents and school administrators and if we do not see improvement in > results, I will gladly say, we did our part and may be resort to only > prayers. Sorry these issues can only be expressed in form of essays. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Feb 28, 2013, at 4:27 PM, aggrey adrale <fetagrey2...@yahoo.co.uk> > wrote: > > Caleb, Elly, et al, > > I like the way all of you have reacted or responded to this alarming > report. As correctly observed, "...Nyapea is on its death bed." It is true, > not only St. Alloysius College, but several other schools are in that same > bracket; laying in state for us to pay our last respects to them before > their burial. > > Also true, not only are the academic standards falling but also the > infrastructure holding the delicate potential intellectuals are crumbling > and some buildings silting up! School administrators even portray > incognisance of such gradual decay, yet they have the student labour > resource to mitigate some of the infrastructure challenges then there is > little wonder they even cast a blind eye to the decaying academic > standards; and no doubt their administrative acumen. > > By the way what has become of the long promised Government of Uganda > conceived infrastructure rehabilitation projects of these prominent schools > in West Nile, Mvara, Nyapea, Ombaci? Is it true, furniture was delivered to > some of the schools even without improvements of the housing > infrastructure? This may not be the issue for now but suffice it to add > that our formerly shining schools do not cast any image of academic > confidence and assurance any more. > > The 'shipping' of our bright pupils/students to schools in Kampala, Mpigi, > Wakiso and other districts, truly is taking a big toll but we have no > choice at the moment if we have to set our children for the future > competitive mode. You may even note many of the best performing schools in > Kampala, Mpigi, Wakiso and other districts have a appreciable numbers of > West Nilers staffing their teaching positions. > > When the time is ripe, I would particularly be interested to discuss "the > 'shipment' of pupils/students to study in other regions/districts and its > impact > on the West Nile Economy", in the proposed WEST NILE EDUCATION CONFERENCE. > > Let us have an intervention this time round. > > Aggrey Adrale > > > --- On *Thu, 28/2/13, Nayenda Elly <ellynaye...@yahoo.com>* wrote: > > > From: Nayenda Elly <ellynaye...@yahoo.com> > Subject: [WestNileNet] WEST NILE EDUCATION CONFRENCE > To: "A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile" <westnilenet@kym.net> > Date: Thursday, 28 February, 2013, 10:25 > > > West Nilers, > Thanks for this platform were issues affecting the region are raised and > discussed. > A few facts about education in West Nile is that our traditional schools > that we glorified in the past no longer hold onto that glory. Nyapea is on > its death bed, others are struggling in the shadow of the past. Worse of > all all bright pupils are 'shipped' down to Kampala and Wakiso districts > and what is left behind is what we teachers have to process into the best > we all want. The results tell a lot about our education row material, > processing and output. > Blame and lamentation is just breeding human resource disaster we shall > surely reap in the nearest future. > May i propose that West Nile Foundation spear heads organizing an > Education Conference to critically discuss the falling education standards > based on facts and figures and chart a viable way forward. This will help > us mitigate the disaster. > I look forward to making my input especially as somebody who is in the > education field of play as a teacher. > Keep up the struggle folks. West Nile is ours and we have the > responsibility of offering it the best to be the best. > Thanks and God Bless West Nile. > Elly > --- On *Wed, 2/27/13, tabua butagira <tbutag...@yahoo.com>* wrote: > > > From: tabua butagira <tbutag...@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] A-Level Results WN Results - Pg 8 Monitor > To: "George Afi Obitre-Gama" <gobi...@yahoo.com>, "A Virtual Network for > friends of West Nile" <westnilenet@kym.net> > Date: Wednesday, February 27, 2013, 10:11 PM > > Morning Eng., > > I have decided to reply the mail only to you. Our Bureau Chief yesterday > sent a story indicating one of Arua's best A-level student was an Ediofe > Girls' SS candidate who obtained 17. > > I did call Ombaci HM who referred me to the deputy (in-charge academics), > and he told me Ombaci's best was a Science student with 17 points, but the > full results would not be available until today or tomorrow. > > Our Bureau Chief guys were not able to obtain the Mvara or any other > results. Part of the problem might be that our school administrators are > not fast in getting out the results and making it public. > > Regards, > Tabu > > > --- On *Wed, 2/27/13, George Afi Obitre-Gama <gobi...@yahoo.com>* wrote: > > > From: George Afi Obitre-Gama <gobi...@yahoo.com> > Subject: [WestNileNet] A-Level Results WN Results - Pg 8 Monitor > To: "A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile" <westnilenet@kym.net> > Date: Wednesday, February 27, 2013, 9:11 PM > > 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!! > > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > WestNileNet mailing list > WestNileNet@kym.net<http://us.mc1426.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=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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