on 2nd June 2014,a team from RIC-NET, RWECO and CFSU together with IICD staff toured the C4C project staff to ascertain the progress of the project and its implementation. The tour covered St.Thereza Girls SS and Kilembe. St Charles and Bwera PTC were not visited because of limited time on the side of the IICD staff.
Objectives of the
Visit.
1.
To
ascertain whether the project goals and objectives are achievable or not.
2.
To
acquaint the new IIC country director with the extend of the implementation of
the project.
3.
Identify
new intervention that can be incorporated into the project in the near future
and the future for sustainability.
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| attending to a lesson in kilembe SS |
OUTCOMES FROM THE
VISIT.
6 teachers from
ST.Thereza Girls SS and 5 from Kilembe SS have benefited from the training both
internal and external and are able to use the ICT tools.
a). Lesson preparation.
Teachers of English
showed a lot of skills in lesson preparation and presentation. The use of the
equipments in lesson planning and presentation were exhibited properly.
Teachers showed knowledge of the ICT tools.
b). lesson
presentation: Teachers
are able to present lesson using ICT tools. Lessons were prepared properly and
presented in the set English rooms. Use of tools in lesson presented was well
depicted. Equipments are well used in lesson presentation especially the speakers,
projector and the laptop.
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| attending to a lesson at St. Thereza Girls Sec |
C). English rooms. Schools have set aside English labs
where the equipments are kept and being used. However English labs need power
regulators to avoid power short circuits leading to destruction of the computers.
School administration will continue working to improve the conditions in the
English or language rooms.
d). Project and the
school administrations. School administrations are well behind the projects and its intended
objectives and goals. Head teachers are fully aware of what is taking place and
are fully supporting the teachers in the implementation of the project. More
schools need to be incorporated into the projects such that the results are
wide in the district and bigger change can be realized. If possible more
Equipment is provided relative to the numbers of teachers in schools and thus
lesson preparations hampered. Servicing of the equipments in the school be done
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| meeting Deputy Head Techer st. Theresa Girls Mr. Nzandu |
e).SMS platform. SMS have increased the parents
response to the school programs especially fees payment, collection reports and
attending school days and meetings. Improved effective communication in the
school.
This has picked up well and results already at hand in most
of the school. However there are still instances where there is delay in
message to be transmitted due to network problems. Schools will still continue
to provide telephone contacts for parents and other categories.
f). Use of ICT in the
school. Helped in
the packaging of the reports. Teachers can now access their emails and other
school networks. Schools are not having ICT teachers and use any one with ICT
knowledge and thus teachers of English find it hard to deal with simple
mentainance problems apart from Kilembe that have a qualified ICT teacher.
Administration packages in supervision, teaching, accounting and School
management software’s. More other tools as camera in capturing images and voice
recorders.
g).Use of the
equipments given to schools. Helped to integrate the teachers in ICT, not only those from
the English department but other teachers from other departments like French
Kiswahili who have frequently used the tools and humanities who have frequently
used the tools and the equipments. Improved the learning especially in those
activities and subjects where ICT is used. “Our
performance in languages has improved” according to the head teacher
St.Thereza Girls. Improved composition writing among the students. Have
attracted more teachers in the schools to have adopted ICT skills in lesson
preparation. Thus improved computers literacy among the teachers and the
students. Helped in lesson sharing among the teachers. Improved team work in
lesson preparation and more especially involving the students.
