Restricted m/529/ANc/10 Terminal Report

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NATIONAL CONGRESS (ANC)

Educational Assistance to African National Congress Teachers

Project Findings and Recommendations

Serial No. F'MR/ED/AFR/93/23O(FI")

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Paris, 1993

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EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS TEACHERS

Project Findings and Recommendations

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Report prepared for the Authorities of the African National Congress (ANC) by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

United Nations Educational, %**;f5 rn&CUSI& - '? Organization

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FIT/529/ANC/ 10 Terminal Report FMR/ED/AFR/93/230(FIT) 30 December 1993

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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I. INTRODUCTION ........................................ 1

11. PROJECT OBJECTIVES .................................. 1

111. PROJECT ACTIVITIES AND OUTPUTS ...................... 1

IV. ACHIEVEMENT OF IMMEDIATE OBJECTIVES AND UTILIZATION OF PROJECTS RESULTS ................................. 3

V. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS ............................ 3

VI. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ..................... 4 . .-

APPENDICES

A. UNESCO Experts and Consultants ...................... 5

B. Counterpart Staff ................................... 6

C. List of UNESCO Fellowships .......................... 7

D. Student Enrolment and Graduate Output ............... 10

E. List of Major Items of Equipment Provided ........... 11

F. Minutes of the Tripartite Review Meeting of ANC(S.A.) 12

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529/ANC/10 - Educational Assistance to African National Congress Teachers

TERMINAL REPORT

I. INTRODUCTION

1. The project agreement establishing Project 529/ANC/10 Education Assistance to African National Congress Teachers was signed on behalf of the three parties by 19 August 1989.

2. The duration planned for the project was 4 years. The proposed starting date was August 1988 but project activities actually started in July 1989.

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3. The project document proposed a total of US$493,315 representing the input of the Otto Benecke Stiftung (OBS). However, the last revised version of the project document had a budget of US$364,752.52.

11. PROJECT OBJECTIVES

Development Objective

4. The purpose of the project is to train South African Primary and Secondary School teachers, who will be qualified to teach in Educational institutions established by the ANC within Tanzania and elsewhere as the case may be. Such teachers will be trained to follow curricula drawn up to meet -the social economic and cultural needs of the society in which they are expected to work.

Immediate Objectives

5. The immediate objectives of the project were: to train qualified teachers - men and women - to teach at the Primary and Secondary levels of education at SOMAFCO and at the Orientation Centre at Dakawa, by providing special courses conducted in the English medium, leading to the award of the Tanzania Primary Teachers’ Certificate and the Tanzanian Secondary Diploma in Education respectively.

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6. Fifteen ANC teachers are to be awarded the Tanzania Teachers’ Certificate, and twenty ANC Teachers are to be awarded the Tanzanian (Secondary) Diploma in Education.

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The activities of the project were the following:

A two-year training course in the English Medium for 15 ANC teachers holding at least four G.C.E. / O r level passes at the Korogwe Primary Teacher Training College.

A three-year training course in the English Medium for 20 ANC teachers holding at least four G.C.E. ‘0’ level passes at the Mkwawa Secondary Teacher Training College.

Teaching practice for 35 teachers under training in the primary and secondary classes at SOMAFCO.

Provision of supplementary science and audio-visual equipment, stationery and textbooks for the Tanzanian Training Colleges providing the training courses.

Provision of additional transport for teachers following the programmes and for project monitoring (provision of a four-wheel drive motor car).

Provision of additional professional advice on the implementation of the programme by means of consultancy services with recruitment from within the region and at the international level.

Enrolment in Trainee Activity in a) and b) above was as follows:

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Primary Teacher Training

Secondary School Teacher Training

Trainees

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1 was dismissed due to misconduct, 2 abandoned studies, 1 failed at the end of the course and 15 qualified to be teachers

3 were dismissed due to misconduct, 8 abandoned studies, 2 failed second year examination, 4 qualified to be Secondary School Teachers and 1 completed in Mav 1993

9. The enrolment was spread out into the Mkwawa and Korogwe Teacher Training College as follows:

Mkwawa Koroqwe Total

18 19 37

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By 31 December 1992, 16 qualified teachers were at the ANC‘s The table below illustrates the--graduation dates:

Year 1990 1991 1992 1993 Total

Graduate 5 3 7 1 .16

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Year 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 Total

Drop-outs 1 1 0 14 7 0 23

Equipment

12. Expendable material and non-expendable equipment was purchased using funds in accordance with the following layout:

Year 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 Total

us $ - 77,445.57 56,505.13 1,621.73 - - 135,572.43

IV. ACHIEVEMENT OF IMMEDIATE OBJECTIVES AND UTILIZATION OF PROJECTS RESULTS

Achievements

13. Under this project the following emerged as successfully trained teachers:

Primary School Secondary School Level of Trainins Teachers Teachers Total

Successful Trainees: 14 4 18

Utilization of results

14. The 18 were absorbed into the teaching service sectors of the ANC (S.A.) and some are undertaking further training at Diploma and Degree levels.

_- V. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS

15. By August 1993 the budgetary commitments were as follows:

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1988 (Expenditures charged in 1989) 1989 27 , 263.01 1990 168,413.17 1991 100,970.62 1992 56,647.57 1993 - - -

355,294.37

16. The high number of drop-outs in 1991 (14 students) and 1992 (7 students) lowered down the expenditure for these two years by 65.3%.

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17. This programme did, however make 18 qualified teachers available for the ANC(S.A.) to utilize. It is hoped that those who failed the final 'A' levelexaminations may succeed after another sitting which may be held at home in South Africa.

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

The vast amount of wastage was caused by:

Superficial selection (no professional criteria).

Lack of special orientation at Mkwawa Teacher Training College.

Lack of seriousness on the side of the students.

Many students being allowance oriented.

In future training programmes of this kind UNESCO should be involved in the selection of students.

20. Supplementary means to facilitate competent selection exercises should be sought and incorporated.

21. A follow-up research is necessary to find out the present employment situation of all the successfully trained teachers and plan for some in-service upgrading forthem possibly inside South Africa.

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22. The Ministry of Education of the United Republic of Tanzania should assist in the procurement of certificates for all the successful graduates of this programme for UNESCO and ANC(S.A.) to transmit them to the beneficiaries in South Africa or wherever else they may be.

23. However, this programme has made a good contribution in furnishing the future Government of South Africa with teachers needed for education for all concerned.

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APPENDIX E

List of Major Items of Equipment Provided

Description of Equipment

Microscopes for Mkwawa T.T.C. Meter rules for Mkwawa T.T.C. Pairs of gloves for Mkwawa T.T.C. Magnifying Lenses for Mkwawa T.T.C. Miscellaneous items for Mkwawa T.T.C. Four wheel Drive Toyota Land Cruiser Canon NP 1812 Photocopier Fridges Slide Projectors Duplicating Machine Spirit Duplicating Machine Electronics Equipment Chemistry and General Science Equipment Laboratory Chemicals Reference and Text Books

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APPENDIX F

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Minutes of the Tripartite Review Meeting of ANC(8.A.) Educational Projects held at Korogwe Teachers Training College

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PARTICIPANTS

THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS OF SOUTH AFRICA (S.A.) Quintin Magula - ANC(S.A.) Education Officer

THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION Mr J. A. Mrutu (MINED - Teacher Training) Mr S. K. Mgoma (Principal - Korogwe Teacher Training College)

OTTO BENECKE STIFTUNG Mr Harry Donsback

UNESCO Mr Frank F. Mbengo (Education Adviser to Tanzania and NLMS ) Raphael Mwinuka (Nation-a1 Programme Officer)

OPENING

The Chairman of the meeting, Mr J. A. Mrutu opened the session at 9.15 a.m. by thanking the delegates for their attendance at the Quadripartite Review Meeting once again held at the place of implementation of the project's activities (Korogwe Teacher Training College) which is far out of Dar-es-Salaam.

ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA

The Agenda was adopted in the form it was presented.

ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1991 OUADRIPARTITE

Delegate read through the minutes of the previous Quadripartite Review Meeting held in Mkwawa last year and thereafter a few typographical errors were corrected prior to the adoption of the minutes.

MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES OF THE LAST QUADRIPARTITE MEETING

PROJECT CAR

Mr Harry Donsbach said that the OBS has decided to transfer the project car to another country where the Foundation has similar training, activities. He emphasized further saying that the vehicle transfer

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would take place any time from the time of the expiry of the project activity.

All other delegates were surprised to hear that the project car was to be transferred to another country

Tanzania; The delegates said that the surprise was due to the fact that such a withdrawal of project equipment at the end of a project was unfamiliar to them because in most cases, if not all, such equipment was given to the beneficiaries of or the Institution in which the implementation of activities took place. However, the delegates ended by making a special request to the OBS to consider making a favour to the Korogwe Teacher Training College or to the Mkwawa Teacher Training College to award the car as a gift to any one of them or both.

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5.20 EOUIPMENT

Mr Harry Donsbach wanted to know why the equipment component was still to be seen in the latest version of the document contrary to the agreement between UNESCO Headquarters and OBS Headquarters. Mr .- F. Mbengo explained in detail what had happened to the equipment that was purchased for Mkwawa Teacher Training College.

6.0 PROJECT DESIGN

6.10 The project design was seen to have been strategic enough hence the high rate of implementation reached. It was decided that no change in the project design was therefore necessary at that stage.

7.0 DROP OUTS

Mr Harry Donsbach revealed that Lawrence Beukes (F) and Andrew Sosibo (Dropped out) had left for South Africa prior to the'completion of their courses. He said this information was obtained by the German Embassy from the UNHCR. Mr F. Mbengo said that it is possible that the students might have registered for repatriation so that they can fly home immediately after the completion of the Course.

Because there was no delegate from Mkwawa Teacher Training College it was deliberated that UNESCO should find out. the .,exacL information. €ran ,the I College 'rand ~ inform Mr H. Donsbach thereafter.

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8.0 EVALUATION

8.10 Mr F. Mbengo said that there were some difficulties in recruiting good candidates for Teacher Training

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because the course is not popular in the ANC Cadre group.

Another problem, he said, was the disappearance of the learning habits in the refugee youths having been away from books for many years.

Mr F. Mbengo also said that Mr Mgoma and his staff managed very well to revive the learning spirit in all the ANC students admitted to his College and as a result very few candidates dropped out before Course completion.

PROJECT OUTPUT

All the students who have successfully gone through this training programme are teaching in South Africa and some of them are pursuing further studies leading to diploma or degree qualifications.

8.12 COMMENDATION

Mr Harry Donsbach expressed his personal and OBS’ satisfaction on the implementation of the project and he congratulated UNESCO and the Government of Tanzania for their collective effort that led to the achievement realized so far.

9.0 WORK PLAN

During the June/July 1992 period training activities will continue and UNESCO will as usual make monitoring visits to Mkwawa Teacher Training College. Progress reports will be written and distributed to all parties concerned at the end of June and December 1992.

10.0 TEACHING PRACTICE

Mr Harry Donsbach wanted to know where the teaching practice was being done after the closure of SOMAFCO Primary school.

Mr Mgoma reported saying that after-the closure of the ANC(S.A.) school in Mazimbu the ANC student teachers were posted to local primary schools in Tanga region to teach English. He said that the student teachers had no problems in the execution of their teaching practice.

11.0 NEXT -,,

The delegates unanimously agreed to the suggestion that the next Tripartite Review meeting be held in Dar-es-Salaam towards the end of October 1992.

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12.0 RECOMMENDATIONS

Conclusions and Recommendations Action bv When 12.1 On matters arisina from the Minutes of the last TriDartite Review Meetinq 1

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OBS is to be requested to H. Donsbach As soon as consider leaving the project possible car for use by Korogwe or Mkwawa T.T.C.

SONACO REPORT

The fire incident report by UNESCO ED SONACO to be obtained and Adviser distributed to all relevant parties.

DELIVERY OF BOOKS TO MKWAWA

The books and the remains UNESCO ED of the burnt consignments Adviser to be sent to Mkwawa T.T.C.

WHEREABOUTS OF LAWRENCE BEUKES AND ANDREW SOSIBO

Confirmation of absence of UNESCO ED the two students to be Adviser obtained from Mkwawa T.T.C.

13.0 CLOSURE OF THE MEETING

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13.10 The meeting was closed at 11.00 a.m. by Mr J. A. Mrutu, the Chairman of the meeting. He thanked the participants for their attendance at the meeting and for the frank and friendly discussions.