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PETS
seminar at Handeni District conducted on 24th-25th August
2015. It includes 55 participants 31 men and 24 women who represented 12 wards
with 63 villages at Handeni District to help four participants of PETS TOT’s
from Handeni in implementation of PETS activities.
Youth
Peace Makers Director, P.O for environment and advocacy and PETS seminar
participants’ group photo
On 22nd to 26th June Youth Peace Makers
under it program of advocacy prepare the PETS (Public Expenditure Tracking
System) seminar. 35 youth was invited from 9 centers that are Mlalo, Shume,
Malibwi, Bumbuli, Msongolo, Korongwe, Handeni, Mkinga, and Mnazi. On this
seminar among other things they told meaning, advantages and the reason of
doing PETS in their areas and the big reason is because TAX is the main source
of national income which used in implementation of different project example,
to build infrastructure, hospital, schools e.t.c and as citizens their the one
who pay TAX so it there responsibility to make sure their money are not abused
and to make leaders to be accountable. Apart from PETS seminar participants
also learn about S2C, stop poverty, civics on new proposed constitution and
entrepreneurship.
26th June 2015 Breakfast meeting the topic was the
Destruction and the protection of environment in Lushoto District. The
presenters was Mr. Thomas Lushoto District Environment Officer and Mr. Khalifa
stakeholder in environment matter in Lushoto District both the presenters and
the participants discussed on the challenges of the environment issues in
Lushoto and suggest what can be done to protect the environments. Also presenters
share same pictures to show environment situation in Lushoto District.
Environment
and advocacy program at Mkinga. In Mwakikonge and Mwakikoya primary
schools. On February we visit those schools and share about Youth
Peace Makers programs especial environment and sport and on May we
visit them again this is the development they make. They form Peace
environment clubs at their schools and among other things they do in
their schools to protect the environment also they establish seedbed.
The meeting was attended by 37 stakeholders who
are 9 woman and 28 males. Also the meeting was involved leaders in Lushoto District
that is District commissioner, District executive officer, DAS, TEO, head
teachers and head mistress from different schools includes those did not
performed well and who performed well. All member meet to discuss why Lushoto
have poor performance in 2014 on form four result the topic was “The reason of bad academic result in 2014
in Lushoto District and what should be done?”.
On starting discussed this topic
there two main speakers from Lushoto District was District Officer for
secondary education Mr. Kassian Sengasu and the second speaker was Mr. Frowing
Mgani from SEKOMU as one of the University who prepare teachers.
The first speaker started from
8:20 to 8:45 he gives the short history of education in Tanzania that there two
education system in Tanzania that of before independent and after independents
and that of before independent was colonial education aimed at help colonizer
to got peoples to work in their investments and the education after independent
is divided in 7-4-2-3 that is standard one up to seven, form one to form four,
five and six and university three years. After the independent Tanga was the
first region in providing education.
He continue that now Lushoto has 60 secondary
schools, 53 Government schools and 7 non-government schools and last year 2014,
51 schools there students sit for form four examination and 47 are government
schools and 4 and non-government and results were no good.
He mentioned some of the reasons why the
results were not good in 2014 as follows;
·
Increase
of schools: in 1990 there only 5 schools that are Magamba secondary, Mazinde
juu secondary, Shambarai, Kifungiro and Kongei. In 2000 schools increase to 10
schools and 2015 there 60 schools so this is the challenge as there are
increase of schools but no teachers and other infrastructure like books,
·
Hard
teaching condition there no teaching equipment although this year they success
to have enough books for mathematics, science but also their schools from form
one up to from four there no single science teacher.
·
No
good co-operation between teachers and parent; Parents they don’t make the
follow up to know the challenges of their children and to know how to solve
them with cooperation with teachers.
·
Students
are forced to go school they supposed to be taught the importance of education.
·
The
level of depending on teacher decrease as the students goes to higher level
example in primary school the students depend to the teachers 50%, in secondary
it 40%, high schools 30% and university is only 10% and masters is 5%
·
Negative
perception among the parent about secondary education. Parents are competing on
how many children got business but not which students perform well in their
studies. Also parents are not seen the important of their children go to
secondary after they finish standard seven they think it enough this make last
year the District Commissioner to inter into contract with them that every
student who selected to inter secondary school much do so.
·
In
Tanzania law the children must study the primary school but it silence to
o-level education
He finishes his presentation by suggestion what
should be done,
Youth should be educated the importance of
education as education is the heritance of youth.
All stakeholders should cooperate and solve any
problems arises as community
He ended up by saying
that last year result, shame and unspeakable.
The second speaker starts from 2:45am to 9:8am. He started by saying
that in education must be the first and last school but what it matter is the
average or the gap between the first and last school.
Also he continued that the system of change the
education to be free education increase the number of children who join primary
schools and also increase number of students who join secondary schools example
in 2001 740’s students join form one but in 2009 it was 1400,000 students join
form one this means that if the students increase the demand increase such as teachers,
library, book, and other infrastructures. This lead to the force that teachers
should be trained short course called crash program but also it did not solve
the problem of lack of teachers in schools,
Question: what should be given priority, to start
building schools or to train the teachers first? And if it libraries it must be
known at what time it will be starts to be used
Also the target of people and the government is
based on quantity and not quality that why it happen that form one student he
don’t know how to study.
Another point is what is used to measure
students i.e examination but this exam high number is multiple choice all
subjects even mathematics so that should change.
- Teacher teach the students how to pass exams and even the books used are question and answer this make students to cram but not to understand
- Teaching language is also the problem as language in primary education is Swahili but in secondary is English so students are not prepared to use English in primary level.
- Co-operation between government and teachers
Ø Teachers are not motivated
Ø Low salary
Ø Delay to be given their rights
Ø Delay to be promoted
Ø They don’t have houses
This cause the high number of teachers to be
absent during the class hours because at that time they are in their business
this is according to UNESCO research.
·
Students
discipline make them fail
His presentation ends at 9:08am and this leave
room for all stakeholders to share and discuss in detail why Lushoto did not
perform well.
On sharing with stakeholder they participate as
follows;
·
On
determine the reasons why Lushoto fail and according to the points mentioned by
the speakers they are too general and we should ask our self how many
government schools are within Tanga region and why Lushoto so he suggest
instead of mention general reasons there should be monitoring and evaluation in
those area so as to know or identify the specific reasons why Lushoto did not
perform well in form four exam result. And also he suggests that something has
to be done instead of wait the system to change because we can’t continue to be
the last until the system change.
·
Science
and technology also affects the students’ example use of telephone in schools.
·
Government
only order the teachers to reach the target but they don’t solve the problem of
teachers and students example students are sitting on the flow because of
scarcity of chairs and teachers are not given their rights.
·
The
government can support the students to get meals at school so as to be able to
study because as to compare with non-government schools that perform well
students they eat at school.
·
To
build good connection between students, teacher and parent.
·
Another
reason why there is bad result in Lushoto, one student contribute that due to
geographical of Lushoto students are staying very far from the school and they
travel long way to reach the school this make them to be late to school and
found that the lesson has already started but also the way back home they tired
and can’t have personal reading. He thinks that the solution to that problem is
to build hostel to help those students who stay far from the school.
·
In
order to solve the problem of teachers in schools those students who were
competent in the school can be allowed to teach after finish school.
·
On
contributing head teacher of Manolo secondary one among two last school in
Tanzania she said that the conflict between head teacher and teachers, head
teacher and the community in 2011 contribute to the failure of students because
teacher spend a lot of time to discuss the conflict among them and not teaching
although the head teacher was changed but to bring back the trust of teachers
and community to the new head teacher.
·
Delay
of caption fee from the government this caused delay in buying of different
equipment’s like books.
·
Also
there is threat from the government when the student get punishment for uses of
phone in schools, suggestion that the law should be clear and those students
who are caught using phone at school to be send home.
·
Also
the friendship and co-operation between government schools and non-government
schools to have interaction so they can learn from each other and also attend
parent meeting and contribute from the discussion.
·
In
non-government schools example Mzinde juu the fees is not high but parent can
contribute anything they have instead of paying money (they pay in kind) e.g
carrot, cassava, onion e.t.c
·
Parent
should measure the price of their children to pass and what could the price if
the student fail.
·
Also
to know as Lushoto District what is the priority example to build houses for
the teachers
·
Ward
education officers to form the cabinet to identify and solve the problems arise
within their schools.
·
In
choosing school board must consider people who are capable of acting effectively.
·
District
executive officer contribute that the
problems are both for the teachers, students, parents and 33% teachers they
attend in class and 67% they do not attend in class this is according to UNESCO
·
Also
on solving the problem of scarcity of books teachers can prepare their notes so
that they can be enough for student to read and pass.
·
Teacher
should have vision to solve miner problems arise in school rather than wait for
District to do it.
·
Also
there will be increase of teachers, last year it was 200 teachers but this year
will be 500 teachers and Lushoto District fight very hard to make sure that
teachers are given their rights.
·
On
contributing Lushoto District Commissioner insist that everyone should perform
his or her responsibility that is the government, parents, teachers and
students
·
Strategies
and plane should be before negative thing happen and not after.
·
She
also insists on monitoring and evaluations in schools.
This was the discussion on the
breakfast meeting24th April 2015 on topic “The
reason of bad academic result in 2014 in Lushoto District and what should be
done?”.
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