Computer labs a necessity in schools
Paul R. Aruho
There has been a wave of computer studies in our schools. In most schools, parents have been forced to stretch deeper into their pockets to fund the setting up of computer labs. Though setting these labs take time and money they are very important to our education system.
In most schools I have travelled to, there are many limitations that have frustrated school administrations to make this dream come true. Administrators squeeze as much as possible to use the few computers available to introduce basic computer skills to their students.
There should be an effort to prepare schools to accept the technology. This means convincing parents and teachers about the need to put up a computer lab in a school.
Certain basic infrastructure such as electricity, phone lines, school buildings, safe and secure environment and insurance should be emphasised. Certain minimum infrastructure requirements are important to enable the use of ICT.
In Mbale secondary school, which has a population of over 3,000 students, there is less than 25 computers. Curious students just stand in front the screen, and many hardly touch the mouse. The computer lab is also small which does not make it comfortable for students to have their lesson.
But their teacher Mr Charles Mubiru, feels this is a good beginning. He says the small number of students who in my classroom touch a computer is an indication that there is a bigger challenge and an eye opener to school administrators and parents.
Teachers need to understand the application of ICT to support their teaching and administration. Therefore, a policy should be set up to identify ways of improving teacher capacity in the use of ICT as well as their specific integration into teaching systems and pedagogical models. The policy should also outline the type of additional staff required to support computers and related technologies
Information and Computer technology needs to be available to a large number of students and teachers. Existing computer technology is still not appropriate in terms of complexity and cost for school environment. Cheaper-easier-to use technology must be developed and implemented in schools to allow a greater use among students and teachers.
There also an urgent need to train teachers in the use of ICTs in schools. Majority of teachers in our schools don’t know how to use computers. The profession development of teachers sits at the heart of any successful technology and education program. Teachers not only need formal training but also sustained and on going support form colleges to help them learn how best to integrate technology in their teaching.
Teachers need to be able to transform their classes from places where a static one-way flow of information from a teacher to students occur, into a dynamic, student centred learning environment. Through the use of Internet, learners can be able to interact with peers in teams, both in their classrooms as well as vital classes around the world.
Most teachers however are intimidated by technology and are comfortable with their own old teaching styles. There is need to generate confidence in teachers about ICTs. Teachers should be able to have personal access if not, the full potential of ICT will remain untapped. This confidence will enable teachers to know when and how to use ICTs in classrooms and when not to use it.
Teachers should be helped to use technology as a tool and transform their classrooms into interactive, inquisitive learning environments.
Monday, July 03, 2006
Do our schools prepare children for the real life
PAUL R. ARUHO
Dan Muganzi (not real name) finished a course from the University in social works and social administration. He walked the streets of Kampala for three years combing for a job in vain. He ran back home in Bushenyi to his disappointed parents and asked his father to buy him a car to do special hire. His father didn’t take him serious, but seeing the graveness on his face he did that for him. He is among the lucky ones who have parents that can do that for him. Dan is now a special hire driver in Bushenyi town and he looks happy.
There are many youths out there doing the jobs they never trained in. One wonders whether our schools prepare children for the real world these days.
You will agree with me that the world has changed but the education system has remained static. Children spend years in an antiquated educational system-studying subjects they will never use, preparing for that, that no longer exist.
Many parents have been disappointed after paying expensively for their children’s education and when they finish, they cannot find the jobs.
David Mafabi a secondary schoolteacher and journalist say that lack of career guidance in schools is leading students to courses that will not help them in future.
“You find a person taking mass communication without knowing the demands of the course,” Mafabi says.
These days the dangerous advise you can give a child is ‘go to school, get good grades and look for a safe secure job’. This has become old advice and it is bard. We have seen many people who were mediocres in school but now they are managing huge businesses and very well.
Dr. Ahemd K. Ssengendo the Rector of Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) says that the education being given to students is not purposely for jobs, but an eye opener for them to look far into the future.
He advises students that instead of roaming in Kampala they should go back home and develop their villages.
It is foolish to assume that the education the school system provides will prepare your child for the world they will face after graduation. Each child needs more education, different education and they need to know the rules. A child today needs a sophiscated education. We all know that education is the foundation of success. There is need to provide skills that are virtually important in regard to financial and communication oriented.
We study to get money, acquire wealth and live a good life. But do the subjects studied at school prepare our children for this? Getting good education and good grades no longer assures success. Everybody should notice that and let the children know. Good grades were of long time ago when governments provided jobs.
Dr. S. K Simba a lecturer at Makerere University in the department of political science and public administration once wrote that the researched data to show that people with high academic qualifications tend to be better leaders compared to those with low qualifications does not exist. (Daily Monitor 24th Jan 2006)
That is why even president Museveni rarely considers academic qualifications in his appointments.
The ministry of education is coming up to boast technical schools. A lot of support is needed especially from every Ugandan either rich or poor. We need to support practical and science subjects in schools to make sure our children are given the required skills. However much expensive these subjects could be, let everybody do his or her best in regard to supporting practical subjects in our school.
Giving our children the same advice our parents gave us years back is poisonous. The world around us has changed but the advice has not. It is disastrous for those of us born into a rapidly changing world.
It is for real; our schools no longer prepare the children for the real world a head of them. We need to change this.
Contact: paul202us@yahoo.com
0782 386 463
PAUL R. ARUHO
Dan Muganzi (not real name) finished a course from the University in social works and social administration. He walked the streets of Kampala for three years combing for a job in vain. He ran back home in Bushenyi to his disappointed parents and asked his father to buy him a car to do special hire. His father didn’t take him serious, but seeing the graveness on his face he did that for him. He is among the lucky ones who have parents that can do that for him. Dan is now a special hire driver in Bushenyi town and he looks happy.
There are many youths out there doing the jobs they never trained in. One wonders whether our schools prepare children for the real world these days.
You will agree with me that the world has changed but the education system has remained static. Children spend years in an antiquated educational system-studying subjects they will never use, preparing for that, that no longer exist.
Many parents have been disappointed after paying expensively for their children’s education and when they finish, they cannot find the jobs.
David Mafabi a secondary schoolteacher and journalist say that lack of career guidance in schools is leading students to courses that will not help them in future.
“You find a person taking mass communication without knowing the demands of the course,” Mafabi says.
These days the dangerous advise you can give a child is ‘go to school, get good grades and look for a safe secure job’. This has become old advice and it is bard. We have seen many people who were mediocres in school but now they are managing huge businesses and very well.
Dr. Ahemd K. Ssengendo the Rector of Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) says that the education being given to students is not purposely for jobs, but an eye opener for them to look far into the future.
He advises students that instead of roaming in Kampala they should go back home and develop their villages.
It is foolish to assume that the education the school system provides will prepare your child for the world they will face after graduation. Each child needs more education, different education and they need to know the rules. A child today needs a sophiscated education. We all know that education is the foundation of success. There is need to provide skills that are virtually important in regard to financial and communication oriented.
We study to get money, acquire wealth and live a good life. But do the subjects studied at school prepare our children for this? Getting good education and good grades no longer assures success. Everybody should notice that and let the children know. Good grades were of long time ago when governments provided jobs.
Dr. S. K Simba a lecturer at Makerere University in the department of political science and public administration once wrote that the researched data to show that people with high academic qualifications tend to be better leaders compared to those with low qualifications does not exist. (Daily Monitor 24th Jan 2006)
That is why even president Museveni rarely considers academic qualifications in his appointments.
The ministry of education is coming up to boast technical schools. A lot of support is needed especially from every Ugandan either rich or poor. We need to support practical and science subjects in schools to make sure our children are given the required skills. However much expensive these subjects could be, let everybody do his or her best in regard to supporting practical subjects in our school.
Giving our children the same advice our parents gave us years back is poisonous. The world around us has changed but the advice has not. It is disastrous for those of us born into a rapidly changing world.
It is for real; our schools no longer prepare the children for the real world a head of them. We need to change this.
Contact: paul202us@yahoo.com
0782 386 463
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Our environment needs care
PAUL ARUHO
Many Ugandans don’t know how important caring about the environment is. Nobody seems to mind about the ecosystems of our country, putting our lives at a risk. A visit to any town in Uganda today reveals an aspect of waste management problem. Heaps of uncontrolled garbage, roadside litter with refuse, streams blocked with junk, disposal sites constitute a health hazard to residential areas.
I was walking with a Rwandese friend in Kampala of recent who asked me why Ugandans don’t mind about the environment. In Rwanda it is a policy that you cannot enter through its boarders with a plastic bag. He said our great grand children would blame us for not protecting the environment for them.
According to United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) waste management is the collection, transportation, processing or disposal of waste materials, usually produced by human activity, in an effort to reduce their effect on human health.
Plastic bags have become a menace all over and no body is telling us how dangerous they are. Our leaders have concentrated on other issues leaving the environment at the mercies of God. The plastic bags, which are so thin, are simply thrown away after one trip from the shops. They have become a familiar eyesore in both urban and countryside areas. These bags block gutters and drains, choke animals and marine wildlife and pollute the soil as they gradually breakdown.
All over the country, there has been increased generation of volumes of garbage and the effective of their management is declining. Waste is either indiscriminately thrown away at various dumping sites on the periphery of urban centres or at a number of so called temporary sites-typically empty lots scattered throughout the country.
These open landfills often have serious environmental impacts that extend beyond the boundaries putting nearby water sources and serving as breed grounds for disease-bearing rodents and insects.
Waste management in our towns is an essential public service, which benefits all residents. It represents one of the major challenges in all towns in the country, which requires a lot of attention from authorities.
It beats my understanding somebody to be called an international investor who has set up a factory of polythene bags.
The situation in respect of waste management in Uganda is particular severe. The public sector is unable to deliver services effectively and illegal dumping of domestic and industrial waste is a common practice. There is need to strengthen the capacity for solid waste management in Uganda through the management programmes such as waste minimisation, recycling and reuse and ensuring environmental sound proposals.
Government’s intervention is needed so fast in dealing with the manufacture of plastic bags. There is need to formulate policies outlining ways to conserve the environment by reducing the quantities of discarded plastic carrier bags, through discouraging the use of thinner, easily breakable plastic bags and promoting stronger, thicker bags.
Many times I get disturbed seeing people leaving supermarkets with black plastic bags. These supermarkets do not put an extra cost for the bag. There is need to separate the cost of the plastic bag from the cost of goods sold. This may be could force our people to carry shopping bags.
Lessons to learn from
Some countries have become strict in protecting the environment. Strong and strict measures are put in place to make sure that the environment is kept clean for the generations to come.
In 2002, Ireland imposed a 15 Euro cent or surcharge on plastic bags provided by stores and shops. It is estimated that this has reduced the use of plastic bags by 90%. The revenue raised goes to an Environmental Fund, which plans to spend 35m Euros on recycling centres. The introduction of so-called Plas Tax Scheme has been backed up by public awareness campaigns.
Rwanda banned plastic less than 100 microns thick and backed this up with public awareness campaign. Reports from there say that the black polythene bag has disappeared in Kigali.
In 2003 South Africa banned plastic bags thinner than 30 microns and introduced a plastic levy some of which goes to plastic bag recycling company. It has witnessed a decrease in bag litter, a reduction in the manufacture of plastic bags with some layoffs and growth in alternatives such as canvass bags.
The government need to start with workshops where major stakeholders and interested parties could came together to discuss what has come to be known as the "Plastics Menace." These workshops could initiate a discussion amongst the government, private sector, and general public on how the problem of plastic bag pollution can be remedied.
PAUL ARUHO
Many Ugandans don’t know how important caring about the environment is. Nobody seems to mind about the ecosystems of our country, putting our lives at a risk. A visit to any town in Uganda today reveals an aspect of waste management problem. Heaps of uncontrolled garbage, roadside litter with refuse, streams blocked with junk, disposal sites constitute a health hazard to residential areas.
I was walking with a Rwandese friend in Kampala of recent who asked me why Ugandans don’t mind about the environment. In Rwanda it is a policy that you cannot enter through its boarders with a plastic bag. He said our great grand children would blame us for not protecting the environment for them.
According to United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) waste management is the collection, transportation, processing or disposal of waste materials, usually produced by human activity, in an effort to reduce their effect on human health.
Plastic bags have become a menace all over and no body is telling us how dangerous they are. Our leaders have concentrated on other issues leaving the environment at the mercies of God. The plastic bags, which are so thin, are simply thrown away after one trip from the shops. They have become a familiar eyesore in both urban and countryside areas. These bags block gutters and drains, choke animals and marine wildlife and pollute the soil as they gradually breakdown.
All over the country, there has been increased generation of volumes of garbage and the effective of their management is declining. Waste is either indiscriminately thrown away at various dumping sites on the periphery of urban centres or at a number of so called temporary sites-typically empty lots scattered throughout the country.
These open landfills often have serious environmental impacts that extend beyond the boundaries putting nearby water sources and serving as breed grounds for disease-bearing rodents and insects.
Waste management in our towns is an essential public service, which benefits all residents. It represents one of the major challenges in all towns in the country, which requires a lot of attention from authorities.
It beats my understanding somebody to be called an international investor who has set up a factory of polythene bags.
The situation in respect of waste management in Uganda is particular severe. The public sector is unable to deliver services effectively and illegal dumping of domestic and industrial waste is a common practice. There is need to strengthen the capacity for solid waste management in Uganda through the management programmes such as waste minimisation, recycling and reuse and ensuring environmental sound proposals.
Government’s intervention is needed so fast in dealing with the manufacture of plastic bags. There is need to formulate policies outlining ways to conserve the environment by reducing the quantities of discarded plastic carrier bags, through discouraging the use of thinner, easily breakable plastic bags and promoting stronger, thicker bags.
Many times I get disturbed seeing people leaving supermarkets with black plastic bags. These supermarkets do not put an extra cost for the bag. There is need to separate the cost of the plastic bag from the cost of goods sold. This may be could force our people to carry shopping bags.
Lessons to learn from
Some countries have become strict in protecting the environment. Strong and strict measures are put in place to make sure that the environment is kept clean for the generations to come.
In 2002, Ireland imposed a 15 Euro cent or surcharge on plastic bags provided by stores and shops. It is estimated that this has reduced the use of plastic bags by 90%. The revenue raised goes to an Environmental Fund, which plans to spend 35m Euros on recycling centres. The introduction of so-called Plas Tax Scheme has been backed up by public awareness campaigns.
Rwanda banned plastic less than 100 microns thick and backed this up with public awareness campaign. Reports from there say that the black polythene bag has disappeared in Kigali.
In 2003 South Africa banned plastic bags thinner than 30 microns and introduced a plastic levy some of which goes to plastic bag recycling company. It has witnessed a decrease in bag litter, a reduction in the manufacture of plastic bags with some layoffs and growth in alternatives such as canvass bags.
The government need to start with workshops where major stakeholders and interested parties could came together to discuss what has come to be known as the "Plastics Menace." These workshops could initiate a discussion amongst the government, private sector, and general public on how the problem of plastic bag pollution can be remedied.
A silent teacher had nothing to celebrate
PAUL ARUHO
Welikhe Tom is a secondary school teacher in Mbale. He finished his teaching course seven years ago and ever since he has been teaching in a government school but not on pay roll. He just gets his meagre allowance of 100,000/- from the school, which is also irregular.
As the world marked Labour Day on May 1, like any other Ugandan who lives on hand to mouth, he has nothing to show as a fruit of his labour.
“Many times I ask myself whether I am a worker or not. I completely have nothing to show for the last seven years I have been teaching,” he said.
Last year in November the ministry of Education and Sports interviewed teachers in different disciplines. Tom was among the hundreds of teachers who thronged the Mbale education offices to be interviewed. He is bitter with this.
“I want these people to prove to us that they were not wooing us for votes. Okay we gave them let them do their part. They called us for interviews, up to now we have never heard of them,” he said.
Labour Day is a creation of labour movements and dedicated to the social, economic achievements of workers. It is also referred to as May Day, the first day in the Month of May in remembrance of the Haymarket tragedy that occurred in Illinois, USA on May 1, 1886.
Workers were in a protest meeting, the police attempted to disperse them, then unknown person threw a bomb killing several of them.
Welikhe Tom does not see the reason to celebrate to be recognised as a worker.
“This is the day where one should look behind and say; yes this is the result of my labour. But for me when I turn back I see completely nothing, just darkness,” Welikhe said as his face turned more serious.
Tom said that it has remained a routine, the day being characterised by parades and speeches from government officials. He said he is tired of the same speeches that do not change people’s lives but instead worsens them.
Tom has a family of two children. He says that he is a bit luck to have married a working wife.
“I am among the lucky few because I my wife works. But even if, there are many challenges one gets as the head of the family. He said that his children know that their mother is the one who buys everything at home. “You can imagine even my children know that daddy is ever broke.”
Tom says that he has a workload like any other teacher in the school paid by government. He handles overcrowded classrooms going up to 80 pupils. He dreams of the day the government will employ him.
There is a lot of exploitation of teachers employed on temporary basis by their employers. They have no special consideration as teachers who depend on that particular school. When a decision is taken it cuts across the whole staff. These are teachers that have remained faithful, not joining private institutions waiting to be employed by government.
Teachers on temporal arrangement in government schools depend on the mercies of head teachers. He/she has a right to sack at any time because they know there are many out there, the unemployed waiting.
Tom wants the ministry of education and sports to come down and see what these teachers are doing in its schools. He even wants trade unions to intervene.
He says that Labour Day must remain a day to pay tribute to the contributions, workers have made to the strength, prosperity and well being of Ugandans and more especially the silent ones.
PAUL ARUHO
Welikhe Tom is a secondary school teacher in Mbale. He finished his teaching course seven years ago and ever since he has been teaching in a government school but not on pay roll. He just gets his meagre allowance of 100,000/- from the school, which is also irregular.
As the world marked Labour Day on May 1, like any other Ugandan who lives on hand to mouth, he has nothing to show as a fruit of his labour.
“Many times I ask myself whether I am a worker or not. I completely have nothing to show for the last seven years I have been teaching,” he said.
Last year in November the ministry of Education and Sports interviewed teachers in different disciplines. Tom was among the hundreds of teachers who thronged the Mbale education offices to be interviewed. He is bitter with this.
“I want these people to prove to us that they were not wooing us for votes. Okay we gave them let them do their part. They called us for interviews, up to now we have never heard of them,” he said.
Labour Day is a creation of labour movements and dedicated to the social, economic achievements of workers. It is also referred to as May Day, the first day in the Month of May in remembrance of the Haymarket tragedy that occurred in Illinois, USA on May 1, 1886.
Workers were in a protest meeting, the police attempted to disperse them, then unknown person threw a bomb killing several of them.
Welikhe Tom does not see the reason to celebrate to be recognised as a worker.
“This is the day where one should look behind and say; yes this is the result of my labour. But for me when I turn back I see completely nothing, just darkness,” Welikhe said as his face turned more serious.
Tom said that it has remained a routine, the day being characterised by parades and speeches from government officials. He said he is tired of the same speeches that do not change people’s lives but instead worsens them.
Tom has a family of two children. He says that he is a bit luck to have married a working wife.
“I am among the lucky few because I my wife works. But even if, there are many challenges one gets as the head of the family. He said that his children know that their mother is the one who buys everything at home. “You can imagine even my children know that daddy is ever broke.”
Tom says that he has a workload like any other teacher in the school paid by government. He handles overcrowded classrooms going up to 80 pupils. He dreams of the day the government will employ him.
There is a lot of exploitation of teachers employed on temporary basis by their employers. They have no special consideration as teachers who depend on that particular school. When a decision is taken it cuts across the whole staff. These are teachers that have remained faithful, not joining private institutions waiting to be employed by government.
Teachers on temporal arrangement in government schools depend on the mercies of head teachers. He/she has a right to sack at any time because they know there are many out there, the unemployed waiting.
Tom wants the ministry of education and sports to come down and see what these teachers are doing in its schools. He even wants trade unions to intervene.
He says that Labour Day must remain a day to pay tribute to the contributions, workers have made to the strength, prosperity and well being of Ugandans and more especially the silent ones.
Men have the key to happy marriages
PAUL ARUHO
You all agree with me that things have changed and affected our lifestyle. Marriages are the ones that have been affected so much because it is an institution where everyone wants to be happy.
In his new book, The Secrets Of Happily Married Men, Scott Haltzman says that men’s good behaviours lead to happy marriage. So men play a big role in making a happy marriage.
The assumption has a lot more pleasant, and the payoffs are far greater, to live with a woman who is satisfied, secure and feeling loved.
Haltzman says that guys should always make marriage their job. He says that if a man is to accept that marriage is his job, he needs a job description. Love, honour and respect your wife, be sexually and emotionally faithful, support her ambitions; be fun-loving and adoring her as you were during courtship.
He continues to say that guys should know their wives. He says that research has revealed that most men don’t know their wives. Guys are advised to collect data about their wives, know them in every situation where she reveals herself. It could be when she is with friends, in a restaurant, at home or any other place. This will enable you to discover who she is and not who she says she is.
Men are urged to always be at home for the family. Haltzman says that men evolve as prowlers and hunters, not home-tenders. But to make marriage work you have got to spend good time around the cave. To build a strong marriage you have to be there in person, ‘Mr Regular’ so to speak. Men need to be honest why they often leave home returning to feed, sleep and lie with their mate. Being at home will enable you to avoid conflict, loss of control and other things that could let you spouse to say, ‘if he was around’.
If men are sufficiently present at home, the payoff is directly and bountiful. There will be love, friendship support, peace of mind, fun and intimacy.
Conflicts should be expected and they are inevitable, but they are controlled. A man can stop the amounting tensions in a conflict. Haltzman says that guys should not do what they are inclined to do (to fight to death) but to use various higher cerebral strategies.
There is need to learn how to listen. Not everybody is a good listener and listening does not come naturally to males who are more inclined to act, but it can be learned. When talking to your spouse, you need to stand still and look directly at her. Use verbal nods to show that you are listening. If it is important, seek clarification.
Also you need to aim at pleasing her. In most cases men are masters in relationship building. Treat your wife as well as you could. Greet her regularly; seek to know what she needs and how you can help. Do favours, anticipate desires and entertain and offer gift as appropriate.
Basing on the above and other small things that matter, men can make their marriage better and free of conflicts
PAUL ARUHO
You all agree with me that things have changed and affected our lifestyle. Marriages are the ones that have been affected so much because it is an institution where everyone wants to be happy.
In his new book, The Secrets Of Happily Married Men, Scott Haltzman says that men’s good behaviours lead to happy marriage. So men play a big role in making a happy marriage.
The assumption has a lot more pleasant, and the payoffs are far greater, to live with a woman who is satisfied, secure and feeling loved.
Haltzman says that guys should always make marriage their job. He says that if a man is to accept that marriage is his job, he needs a job description. Love, honour and respect your wife, be sexually and emotionally faithful, support her ambitions; be fun-loving and adoring her as you were during courtship.
He continues to say that guys should know their wives. He says that research has revealed that most men don’t know their wives. Guys are advised to collect data about their wives, know them in every situation where she reveals herself. It could be when she is with friends, in a restaurant, at home or any other place. This will enable you to discover who she is and not who she says she is.
Men are urged to always be at home for the family. Haltzman says that men evolve as prowlers and hunters, not home-tenders. But to make marriage work you have got to spend good time around the cave. To build a strong marriage you have to be there in person, ‘Mr Regular’ so to speak. Men need to be honest why they often leave home returning to feed, sleep and lie with their mate. Being at home will enable you to avoid conflict, loss of control and other things that could let you spouse to say, ‘if he was around’.
If men are sufficiently present at home, the payoff is directly and bountiful. There will be love, friendship support, peace of mind, fun and intimacy.
Conflicts should be expected and they are inevitable, but they are controlled. A man can stop the amounting tensions in a conflict. Haltzman says that guys should not do what they are inclined to do (to fight to death) but to use various higher cerebral strategies.
There is need to learn how to listen. Not everybody is a good listener and listening does not come naturally to males who are more inclined to act, but it can be learned. When talking to your spouse, you need to stand still and look directly at her. Use verbal nods to show that you are listening. If it is important, seek clarification.
Also you need to aim at pleasing her. In most cases men are masters in relationship building. Treat your wife as well as you could. Greet her regularly; seek to know what she needs and how you can help. Do favours, anticipate desires and entertain and offer gift as appropriate.
Basing on the above and other small things that matter, men can make their marriage better and free of conflicts
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Monday, April 17, 2006
My story I found in google search
Nabumali High School will never be the same again. When you see the damage students have done, you will not ask why the Bishop cried.
There should be collective responsibility in these schools.Administrators, teachers parents and students should make sure that their schools are protected jealously. Most people are putting the blame solely on students. Other parties are not talked about. The Ministry of Education should be aware that some school administrators are too bossy. They always put a big gap between themselves and the teachers. Most headteachers are feared by teachers instead of being respected. This normally causes a big gap in communication flow. They are ever in their offices and cannot come to discuss issues with the staff.
Staff meetings are also important. There is a school which holds meetings only twice a term - one at the beginning of term and another at the end. This is dange rous to our schools. I do not know why administrators fear meetings, but I think they are an effective way of getting information from teachers.
When a strike is going to happen in a school, it cannot come out of the blue.Sometimes information about it is always leaked and measures can easly be taken. If the head teacher does not have a good relationship with teachers, it is likely that such strikes can never be contained. Many heateachers do not stay at school, even when the school has a house for the headteacher. This brings suspicion among students and teachers.
Also, students councils should always be given a heed. In most schools headteachers do not handle the students councils with care. Counselling in schools should also be encouraged. Some students come from broken families that make them so aggresive at school, so if they are counselled it can save nine in time.
Paul R. Aruho
There should be collective responsibility in these schools.Administrators, teachers parents and students should make sure that their schools are protected jealously. Most people are putting the blame solely on students. Other parties are not talked about. The Ministry of Education should be aware that some school administrators are too bossy. They always put a big gap between themselves and the teachers. Most headteachers are feared by teachers instead of being respected. This normally causes a big gap in communication flow. They are ever in their offices and cannot come to discuss issues with the staff.
Staff meetings are also important. There is a school which holds meetings only twice a term - one at the beginning of term and another at the end. This is dange rous to our schools. I do not know why administrators fear meetings, but I think they are an effective way of getting information from teachers.
When a strike is going to happen in a school, it cannot come out of the blue.Sometimes information about it is always leaked and measures can easly be taken. If the head teacher does not have a good relationship with teachers, it is likely that such strikes can never be contained. Many heateachers do not stay at school, even when the school has a house for the headteacher. This brings suspicion among students and teachers.
Also, students councils should always be given a heed. In most schools headteachers do not handle the students councils with care. Counselling in schools should also be encouraged. Some students come from broken families that make them so aggresive at school, so if they are counselled it can save nine in time.
Paul R. Aruho
About me
My name is Aruho Paul and the family name is Rwambangye from western Uganda. I am an adult married to Nagasha Abby Brenda with two children Matthew and Martha. I am a professional teacher of English language and Literature. I also a journalist with a degree in Mass communication.I am a social person and love interacting with people of all sorts of life.
I have been teaching for the last 12 years. I have been practicing freelance journalism since 2004. This has been exciting, handling young people.
I am now a lecturer in Institutional Relations and a freelance journalist.
I uphold my christian values, and a believer in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ and the savior of the world.
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