Friday 14 June 2013

RWECO/RIC-NET CONTUNES TO EMPOWER SCHOOLS THROUGH ICT

RWECO / RIC-NET staffs visited the Secondary Schools in Kasese District on 10th - 11th June 2013 in order to get feedback on the progress of ICT enabled Teaching of English language in Schools. The team that included John Silco, Strida and Jimmy visited St. Charles Secondary School, Bwera Teachers College, St. Theresa Girls’ Secondary School and Kilembe Secondary School under the theme of “empowering schools through the use of ICT”. The meetings were attended by the head teachers/ Principal, one ICT Teacher and the Head of the English Department.
STUDENT IN THE ENGLISH LAB AT ST. CHARLES VOC SECONDARY SCHOOLS


 During the discussion, the parties agreed to share information across all schools through interactions and open discussions, agreed on training on 4th and 5th July 2013 of English Teachers on design and development ICT enabled methodology/ Skills in teaching of English and offer maintenance backup support. The issue of students’ actively participating essay writing competitions under three categories of: corruption, service delivery and the love for English as a language was stressed.

AT ST. THERESA GIRLS SEC SCHOOLS
 The schools were encouraged to setup a language library, procure readers or novels in order for students to improve on their vocabulary and students reading skills. Most of the Head Teachers promised to make use of the career days like parents days, sports days, and independence days to encourage students use their skills. Schools were encouraged to the use of bulky messages in order to make communication with parents very easy and visit the www.eduvoice.ug .
NOTING ISSUE OF CONCERN AFTER MEETING AT KILEMBE SSS
Conclusively, RWECO promised additional equipments to Schools which included laptop, two desktop computers, speakers, Projector, Projector screen, Generator and Internet modem. By Muhindo strida 

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