Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Vocational Teacher Education

Curriculum Development;
Vocational Practices at Training Centers
and Local Industries in South Sudan


Upper Nile University in Malakal is in cooperation with Akershus University College in Norway and Kyambogo University in Uganda forming a Bachelor programme in Vocational Teacher Education. The Vocational Teacher Education will be offered by Upper Nile University in Malakal.

Three master degree students in Vocational Pedagogy at Akershus University College in Norway are in the period Oct – Dec 2008 studying vocational practices and doing data collection among others in Juba, Malakal, Wau and Yei. The purpose of their work is to have a vocational teacher education in line with the needs of South Sudan.

They are going to document the work processes in the different vocational trades and how the learning of the vocational skills takes place both at the vocational training centers and at the workplaces.

We appreciate your kind cooperation and will do our best to provide you with access to a high quality vocational teacher education which is in accordance with the needs of the industries, the vocational training centers, the communities and the individual human beings of South Sudan.



Aidah Trevelynn Nganda
Studies:
Preparation, cooking, hygiene, safety, preservation and presentation of food. Interested in cake making for important occasions and cooking local& international dishes.
Daniel Ruben Ateng
Instructor at Malakal Vocational Training Center Upper Nile and at St. Joseph's Vocational Training Center in Khartoum within mechanical production and Youth Entrepreneurship Development
Paul Tartisio Kenyi
Instructor at Don Bosco Vocational Training Center among others in Wau within Auto Mechanics.
Teacher at upper secondary school among others within mathematics.

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