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16th June 2010

Training of Trainers Report -Khartoum May 2010

Introduction

Together for Sudan in its endeavor to improve educational levels among displaced communities

in the Khartoum area, organized a training of trainers (TOT) with an aim of upgrading their skills

to enable them to train other teachers. The main purpose of the training is to equip teachers from

South Sudan, Blue Nile, Darfur and the Nuba Mountains with teaching skills which they will

take back when they return to their homelands and which will certainly contribute to the

educational future of women and children in their respective areas

The participants were selected from eleven self-help schools sponsored by displaced people,

mainly southerners and westerners, who live in crowded squatter settlements on the outskirts of

Khartoum.

Objectives of the training

To upgrade teachers’ techniques and skills in training implementation and management.

To understand modern approaches of class control and school management.

To promote the production and proper use of teaching aids.

To recognize the relationship between pupils’ ages and interests.

To improve teachers’ knowledge and skills of measurements and evaluation.

To effectively identify training requirements in order to carry out training successfully.

To be able to identify the equipment necessary for training.

To know how Intelligence Quotient (IQ) links to acquisition of knowledge and skills.

Training Description

The training course was for twenty one days in modern training techniques, planning and

organization as well as development of teaching aids. It was conducted by two trainers from the

Ministry of Education (Khartoum State) who have experiences of directing different training

courses for primary and kindergarten teachers.

The training was conducted at the Together for Sudan office in Khartoum from 5th

May to 1st

June 2010. Twenty five teachers were enrolled, but only 17 attended to the end. Of the 17, four

were female and thirteen were male. A graduation ceremony was organized on the 2nd

of June

2010 in which certificates were awarded to the participants.

Content of the training

Training needs and techniques.

Planning and organization of training.

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School Administration.

Creative thinking.

Training materials.

Aspects and reasons of delayed learning.

Individual difference and class management.

Understanding of social and school environments.

Teaching aids production.

The participants during lectures

Selection criteria

The following criteria were used in selecting trainees:

A university degree and at least two years teaching experience; or

A Sudan secondary school certificate with teaching experience of at least five years;

Fluency in Arabic language;

A teacher in one of the Together for Sudan partner schools or another school in the

settlements for displaced persons;

At least twenty years old and not older than sixty; and

Willing to remain in the teaching profession for at least three years after the training.

Some of the teaching aids produced during the training.

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Monitoring

Together for Sudan Deputy Country Coordinator (who is a trained teacher) and the Assistant

Project Coordinator monitored the day to day progress of the training.

When the participants were asked how they felt about the training, they said they are now able to

give training in all aspects, including teaching aids production, to other untrained teachers. The

participants also stated that the training was both well administered and well organized.

Moreover, the trainers were well qualified, making the training pleasant and beneficial.

Methodology

The trainees were divided into four groups; Orange, Banana, Pineapple and Mango. Each of the

groups consisted of four members except the fourth group which had five members. The

methods used during the training included: lectures, group discussion, role play and presentation.

In group discussion, one member of the group was selected to present the group work and each

trainee was given a chance to question, clarify, or comment.

Practical work for development of teaching aids was also provided. Each group was given

particular tasks to do and then present to the class. Other tasks were presented individually.

Lessons learned

We calculated that the best time for training is during the long vacation when all the schools are

closed and the teachers are completely free. (April, May &June). However, ability to teach

during those months is constrained by travel by many teachers to the Nuba Mountains or South

Sudan to visit relatives.

The participants singing joyfully during graduation

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Graduation day

The closing session was attended by Together for Sudan Country Coordinator Mrs. Neimat

Hussein and other TfS staff, a number of guests, including headmasters from the partner schools,

and the two facilitators, Mr. Yousif Mohamed Babikir and Abdelmoniem Kheralla Juma. Some

relatives and friends of the trainees also attended the ceremony.

The representative of the head teachers Mr. Alteib Abuhaniya, head master of Heid Babikir basic

school in Haj Yousif,made a speech in which he praised TfS for the training opportunity and said

that he has never before seen or heard of a small organization like TfS doing such huge work. He

thanked TfS staff and urged them to exert more efforts to raise the levels of education in the

country.

Awarding of certificate to the participants

Recommendations

The trainers recommended four participants as

outstanding individuals with a particularly high

capability to train other teachers. They were:

Niptone Sapana Juma

Michael Karbino Samani

Silvano Bamu steward

Suzan Phillip Lado

Appreciation

Together for Sudan would like to express its appreciation to ICING for supporting this very

popular and highly useful project which is much needed by people in the internally displaced

areas and which will help improve the lives and potential of thousands of children in the

displaced communities.

List of the teachers who attended the training

S/N Name School Location Sex

1. Hikma Ali Juma Fitehab Omdurman Female

2. Alfarog Gordon Lankiri Fitehab Omdurman Male

3. Zakaria Jadain Morgan Comboni Block(9) Khartoum Male

4. Loice Winston Friday Equatorial Basic Khartoum Female

5. Rezigallah Emmanuel Sebit Equatorial Basic Khartoum Male

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6. George Zacharia Ludy Fulla falls Khartoum Male

7. Niptone Sapana Juma Heid Babikir Khartoum Male

8. Michael Karbino Samani Kenneth Frazer Omdurman Male

9. Samuel Woja Duku Kenneth Frazer Omdurman Male

10. Silvano Pamu Steward Kenneth Frazer Omdurman Male

11. Ehlam Hussein Idris Salama Khartoum Female

12. Phillip Suleman Bolis SCOC 47 Omdurman Male

13. Murad Israel Yohanna SCOC 48 Omdurman Male

14. Abuh Gasim Mohmmed Segana Khartoum Male

15. Hussein Fadelmola Elnashi Segana Khartoum Male

16. John Atem Daw Torit Omdurman Male

17. Suzan phillip Lado United Vision Khartoum Female

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