PROGRESSIVE REPORT
ON
WHISPERS ADULT
LEARNERS CLASS
FOR THE PERIOD
FEBRUARY –AUGUST 2012
WRITTEN BY
Ms. VICTORIA ITAMBA
ADULT CLASS
FACILITATOR
Submitted to: Ms.
Veronika Cejpkova
DATE SUBMITTED: 31ST
AUGUST, 2012
Over View of
the WALC.
Whispers Adult Learners
Class (WALC) begun in February, 2012 out of the financial and material support
from Whisper based in Mutai, Kagoma County, Jinja District. WALC begun with 27
adult learners the majority (20) being housewives. Sixteen (16) of the women
had never been to school while four had ended in Primary three. The male
participant had never been to school before.
The classes are conducted
every Saturday and Sundays every week from 2.00-5.00pm. The days and times were
correctively determined by the learners to ensure convenience.
The class lessons started
with teaching the learners how to count number (1-100), writing them down,
reading and writing the vowels, alphabet letters, how to handle the writing
materials like a pencil and pens, pronunciations of words, writing their names,
how to greet in English according to the time of the day, naming of things in
the environment, basic mathematical calculations, to mention but a few.
Methods of Delivery of
Class.
While delivering the
lessons a number methods and techniques were employed and these were not
limited to the following;
·
Demonstration
·
Illustrations
·
Role Plays
·
Imitations
·
Brain storming
·
Question and Answers
Achievements
registered so far.
·
98% of the learners are now able to reading and write all the
Alphabets, vowels and numbers without any hardship.
·
96 % of all learners can ably write their name.
·
98% of the learners can now confidently greet in English.
·
Most of the learners can now express themselves in a group
which was not the case at the commencement of the class as the majority were
shy and feared to express themselves before others.
·
Ninety percent of the learners can now construct basic
sentences.
Challenges threatening
the WALC.
·
Poor time management by the learners as the class time is
never kept and yet it was consciously agreed upon by the learners.
·
Irregular attendance by some of the learners, which they
attribute to family chores/ problems like sickness of their children, death of
relatives, Local Council cases resulting from disputes between neighbors.
·
Alcohol drinking among the learners has to some extent
affected the general attendance. Some of these are involved in brewing or
buying alcohol to drink.
·
The majority of the learners being farmers, sometimes
especially during the rain seasons, the attendance is poor as many are busy
planting or weeding their crops.
Way Forward.
·
There is need to involve the Local Leaders in the area to
keep mobilizing the learners to join the WALC.
·
Management of Whispers need to plan for quarterly meetings
with the learners to continue encouraging them to attend the lessons.
·
If possible Whispers management need to consider bringing
other programmes on board like vocational training in the areas of tailoring,
craft, weaving, income generating activities etc as away of enticing the
learners to keep coming regularly.
APPRECIATION
I take the
opportunity to thank Ms. Veronika Cejpkova and the entire management for giving
the opportunity to facilitate WACL. I hope this is just the beginning of
working with Whisper Orphans.
Thank you.
