Midwest Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES)

The conference was very important to me and ended in a Style...

I was really impressed in one of the sessions where I felt Yes,this is where I belong!!

The presender was James Brown whose Resarch was about Teacher Training and the case study 

was Malawi.Sponsored by save the children.

He noted that 60% of the Teachers in Malawi were unqualified and enrolled for inservice Training

while only 40% of the teachers were qualified.he said,the difference between the two was that,the qualified teachers introduced their lessons with an ice breaker so as to engage the pupils in class while the unqualified do not.He said, language of instruction was Native language from grade 1-4 and English was introduced from grade 5. In the feedback,he talked about the new ways of understanding pedagogy,Teacher quality and lastly he mentioned the biggest problem which was lack of scholastic materials.

Why was I interested in the Research ? I felt James was Representing the Voice of South Sudan.

Approche to SouthSudan's History curriculum

The 22years civil war in South Sudan had been the longest civil war in the record.the Dec/15/2013 internal conflict is the most recent and serious setback in an almost 23years post-civil war.

South Sudan's history should strive for resilience hence,Neutral approach should be used.

The history in primary schools should be a focus on how people live and diversity while in secondary ,they should learn history of Identity and other peoples' history which will change their attitudes  before teaching the history of South Sudan. Why? History is the past,present and the future.when students are introduced to good side at an early stage,the heart of revenge would have been dealt with and they will start identifying themselves as "We not I "therefore learning history of South Sudan will be basically for knowledge.