[UgaBYTES] Report/ summary of The East African Telecentre Academy 1st Regional Meeting for Network Leaders and Partners at Odel Centre, Kyambogo University Kampala

[Sandra Nassali]

The meeting took place from 17th- 18th May. The main objective was
that Network leaders from the East Afrcian region discuss the outline
of the management training module for the East African Telecentre
Academy.

It was attended by Network Leaders from different African countries
and these included: Pastory Paulin ( Tanzania Telecentre Network), Dr.
Karorero Barnabe ( Telecentre Network Burundi), Bareba Paul ( Rwanda
Telecentre Network), Cleopa Timon Otieno ( Kenya Telecentre Network),
Ndaula Sulah ( UgaBYTES, Uganda), Yiga Andrew and Ritah Mujumbi (
Uganda Development Service),Kinuthia Moses Kariuki ( Vacio Africa),
Peter Balaba ( Nakaseke Telecentre), Sandra Nassali and Francis Mwathi
( Telecentre.org Community Facilitators) and representatives from
Kyambogo University.

The meeting generally revolved around Curriculum Development for the
Academy. Network leaders worked around this to understand the process
of curriculum development and to identify challenges of telecentre
managers that can be addressed in the outline of the management
module.

Areas that were addressed included development of synthesize material
for the management module, modes of delivery, identification of
learning resources and experience learning among others.

On the last day of the meeting, participants outlined all the above
and finalized the development  of training methodologies. Also, the
operational strategy  ( Implementation of the Academy) was concluded
as it aimed to address Governance of the School- which highlights the
roles and responsibilities, sustainability ( Funding start up/
recurring costs) and tools of partnership.

To sum up the meeting, the Action/ Road map ( way forward) as regards
the Academy was discussed in detail.

All participants agreed that they enjoyed to being apart of this
initiative and were looking forward to its kick- starting.

Watch this space for more information about the East African Telecentre Academy.

Note: Follow URL-
http://telecentrecommunity.ning.com/photo/album/show?id=2086278%3AAlbum%3A30951
to view photos from the meeting.




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Sandra Nassali
Community Facilitator
UgaBYTES Initiative (www.ugabytes.org)
Telecentre.org  (www.telecentrecommunity.ning.com)
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