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| ED RIC-NET John Silco presenting the ICT platform www.eduvoice.ug |
RIC-NET and RWECO handed over
more ICT tools and equipments to aid Teachers in the teaching-learning process
to 3 secondary schools and one Primary teachers college. This is under the
project “innovative methods of effective teaching of English in secondary schools”.
The handover ceremony was held on the 28th June 2013 at VIRINA
gardens in Kasese municipality Kasese District and was officiated by the
District Education Officer, Kasese District local Government. Present were
teachers and staff from St Charles SS Kasanga, St Thereza Girls SS Nsenyi,
Kilembe SS and Bwera Primary Teachers College
In his opening remarks the
Coordinator RWECO Mr. Jimmy Odyek mentioned that, this day the district is
celebrating success as we deliver equipments to beneficiary Schools.
The first
time was when handing over laptops to Secondary Schools and this time others equipments
are going to be handed to schools and the Primary Teacher College. RWECO as a consortium of 4
NGO’s aims at emphasizing social accountability in service delivery, promoting
human rights and improvement of livelihoods in the Rwenzori region and Uganda
and the education sector is part of the promotion of livelihood. Equipments
received were Laptop, Two desk tops, Generator, Projector, Projector Screen,
Speakers for sound projection, a modern for internet accessed to be used for
online research and Memory Stick for storage of important information.
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| ICT equipment to be delivered |
The Executive Director RIC-NET
Mr. John Silco noted that, the project’s focus is on”Improving effective
teaching-learning processes through ICT enabled innovative methods.” The
project is supported by Connect for Change and IICD.The Goal is to Contribute
to Improved performance of students through effective teaching-learning
processes by adoption of ICT enabled innovative methods with the major objective as “To build the
capacity of English Language Teachers/tutors in the project”.
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| Head Teacher St. Theresa Gilrs SSS receiving ICT equipment from DEO Kasese |
The achievements so far
registered include; Twenty six
teachers of English language from Secondary Schools and Fifteen tutors have
been trained in innovative ICT enabled methods of teaching, of English have,
four schools have received ICT equipment and four more expect to get today.
Teachers have developed ICT enabled lessons and have delivered these lessons in
class, onsite teacher training by RIC-NET staff have been conduct regularly to
re-tool the teachers in these ICT innovations,
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| The Coordinator RWECO, Mr. Jimmy B.O handing over a Computer to the Kasese DEO, Mr. George Mainja |
As a Way forward to the
sustainability of the project and the above achievements, RIC-NET and RWECO
will continue to Lobby at both
school and local government level to support the teaching learning process,Continued support to the teachers;
both technical and pedagogical,Refresher trainings and follow up to school and the teacher
individually, monitor the use of these innovations in schools and
continuous Maintenance of ICT
equipment and continue developing the skills on teachers in the secondary
schools and PTC in ICT innovations.
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| Director of Studies of Bwera PTC receiving ICT equipments from DEO Kasese |
In his closing remarks DEO Mr.
George Mainja thanked RIC-NET and RWECO for continued support to the education
in the district. “I am proud personally for these two organizations for being very close
to the people and equally important in the social transformation of the
community through improving education and social accountability” he
thanked the donors for extending their hand to Uganda and the Rwenzori region
in particular. There are 20 government aided schools but only 3 are lucky to be
the one piloting this project, there 2 colleges but only one is lucky, more
than 100 primary schools but only 15 are too lucky. It’s thus the role of the
teachers and the Head teachers of these schools to add value to the teaching
process using the available technology.
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| D/Head Teacher Kilembe SSS receiving ICT equipments from DEO Kasese |
He challenged the teaches to adopt to
new technologies as Education Management Information System[EMIS],Geographical
Information System reporting [GISR] and Education Management Systems [EMS] for
data collection, storage and filling in additions to the one already in place
of using ICT in the teaching process.
English is the core of all subjects and
I thank these two organizations to have sampled this as the core of improving
the learning process in our schools. Let us take these innovations with a
positive mind and hand to add values to ourselves as teaches, gain the skills.
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| D/Head Teacher St. Charles Voc Sec Sch receiving ICT equipments from DEO Kasese |
