A new direction of Teaching- BOG members and Head teachers declare

RIC-NET organized a stakeholders meeting for school management and English heads of department from the project schools and college on 20^th August 2014. it was continuation of activity to Support representatives of BOGs/PTAs to develop and implement institutional policies that support ICT integration and sustainability. The meeting was held at Verina Gardens Kasese town. It was attended by head teachers, Board of governors and PTA members from the project schools and college. 6 were females and 7 males; include 3 heads of schools, members of the Board on the academic committee, heads of English department and the principal Bwera teachers college and some Tutor.

The goal of the meeting was “Raising awareness and training of Head teachers, PTA and BOG to support ICT enhanced learning/The use of monitoring tools in eight institutions” With Objectives as “To raise the awareness of the management of the schools on the use of ICT enhanced learning”. We only targeted the PTA executive committees, the Board of governors and the school management of both secondary schools and the teacher training college.

The project has 3 focus points; a) Skilling the teachers and Tutors with necessary ICT skills to improve the teaching-learning process).Work with the administrators of the schools and PTC to support the teaching process using ICT innovations and c).work with the management committee to develop policies that support the new innovations as mentioned. Thus the end result works in the dimension of teachers (to develop the mind set), learners (to improve the learning ability and concentration level) and the administration of the schools (to easy the process of monitoring and administration).The equipment that were given out are thus meant to aid this dimension in order to achieve the intended i.e. aid the process of teaching and help to develop the mindset of the teachers and the learners.

Members agreed that this is the good way with new direction and tools to be used to support learning in schools. It will move our teachers from rural setup mind of teaching to modern creative teaching. Its more learner centered innovation that will reduce laziness from the teachers and improve the learning abilities. The school management committee pledge to support the school administration in ensuring that condition are in place to support the innovations for the benefit of their learning and excelling in academics.