Science Education Gets a Boost Across Africa
The Regional Initiative in Science and Education aims to train a new generation of academics and professionals across the continent through a series of international educational networks.
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John Mwero, a RISE award recipient, is now a professor of engineering at the University of Nairobi.
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IT IS STILL MY THOUGHTS THAT THERE A MANY IN THE DIASPORA THOSE WHO ARE IN THE CARRIBEAN LATIN AMERICA WHO WOULD LOVE TO BE A PART OF THIS GREAT DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRES IN AFRICA. THESE PEOPLE ARE WELL TRAINED AND HAVE THE NECESARRY KNOWLEDGE TO ADD VALUE TO THESE PROGRAMS. PAN-AFRICANIST MANY HAVE PASSED BUT THERE IS A GREAT QUANTITY STILL AVAIALABLE TO AFRICA.THERE CAN NOT BE ENOUGH PRAISE FOR THIS PROGRAM. WE NEED TO SEE A PERCENTAGE OF THE OIL MONEY DONATED TO FUND SCINECE IN AFRICA SO WE HAVE OUR SCIENTIST WHOM ARE AT THE HELM OF OUR OIL PRODUCTIONS AN THE FACILITES BEING RUN MANAGED BY OUR AFRICAN ENGINEERS. AS RISE' LOOKS AT THE PROBLEMS OF SENDING OUR STUDENTS ABROAD WHO GETS LURED BY WESTERN COUNTRIES TO DONATE THIER TIMES THIER KNOWLEDGE TO THIER CONTINUED DOMINATION. WHEN IF WE HAVE TRAINED INDEGENOUSS AND PAN-AFRICANIST WILLING TO DEVOTE'; THIS IS A BIG WORD DEVOTE', THIER LOVE FOR AFRICA AND SEE IT FOR EVER GROWING, PROSPERING , EMPOWERING , DEVELOPING SKILLS THAT WILL NEVER DIE SUSTAINABLE BENEIFICIAL FOR IMPROVING ERADICATING POVERTY FOREVER. "THERE IS NO REWARD WITHOUT OWNERSHIP". DECISIONS ARE NOT GIVEN TO PART OWNER, WHEN AFRICA OWES ITS LANDS ITS RESURCES THEN WE ARE A FORCE ON THE WORLD STAGE". 'WE NEED NOT JOIN AND SIGN OURSELVES AWAY TO THOSE WHO ARE EXPLOITIVE, EXTORNERS, AND ONLY THERE FOR THIER INVESTORS AND SELF INETEREST??." WE NEED TO HAVE OUR PEOPLE AS OUR STAKE HOLDERS WHERE THEY BENIFIT FROM THE PRODUCE AND THE SKILLS THAT GIVES THEM LEVERAGE IN PRICES AND HOW IT IS BEING USED. WE CAN EMPOWER HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF AFRICANS WHOM ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO BECOME EDUCATED . AFRICA HAS BEEN NEGLECTED FOR SO LONG THAT THE SEAMS ARE BURSTING WITH POTENTIAL;" THERE ARE POETNTIAL STUDENTS CLAMOURING FOR EDUCATION FROM KIDGERGARTEN TO PHD LEVELS' THIS IS ALOT TO SAY ABOUT AFRICA!!!!!. THIS SETS UP THE NEED FOR SPECIALITS EDUCATION SKILL CENTERED VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ELECTRICIANS PLUMBBERS WELDERS CARPENTERS IRONWORKERS BUILDERS DIGGERS, WE NEED TO ESTABLISH A STRONG METALS INDUSTRY TO MAKE AND MANUFACTURE TOOLS FOR ALL LEVELS WITH ENGINES TO GO WITH IT. THERE IS NO WAY THAT AFRICA CAN NOT TOP THE TABLES IN BEING SLEF RELIANT ??? HENCE THE NEED FOR GREATER SCHEMES FOR EDUCATION SKILL BASED. SHOULD THESE GREEDY POLTICIANS TRULY LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL IN AFRICA ???THERE ARE SO MANY BUSINESES THEY CAN DESIGN , HEAD, BECOME PART OF; WITH MORE WIZENES MORE INSIGHT MORE VISION INSTEAD OF CORRUPTING THE IDEALS OF THE YOUNG AND SENDING THE MONIES ABROAD THAT SHOULD STAY IN THE ECONOMY STRENGTHENING THE NATIONAL CURRENCIES AND NOT ALLOW FOR WESTERN BANKS TO PILFER THE STOLEN MONIES FOR THEMSELVES. AFRICANS NEED TO KEEP MORE MONEY ON THE CONTINENT SO THAT WE CAN BUILD THESE STRONG EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO EMPOWER THE CONTINENT AND TAKE IT TO THE NEXT THREE FOUR LEVELS.
John is on the right track but he can't do it alone and he needs support. In my previous article i wrote about the importance of Institutions. They should be our bosses that can encourage innovations,discoveries and developments. Africa should shift from the existing status-quo and stretch further. That is individuals must have the head and gut to look for solutions to the basic physiological needs. Questions about Energy sustainability, affordable housing,sustainable food production, infrastructural development etc can be answered. YES WE CAN if we use our heads and guts. Rome was not build in a day. The Developed world are now eating the fruits whose trees were planted by their politicians,phylosophers, and scientists. We can't rush towards rapid growth as the consequence is to descend into chaos. Aristotle and othe Greek Phylosophers discovered that life is unliveable without one or more reaction between the four fundamental elements( earth, fire, air, and water) of life. Let us bring science down to common sence and eliminate the barriers. Most of the latin names in science were intentionally created to confuse the lay man. We have to make everything that we see around us usable for our existence. More emphasies should be laid on Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Mathematics for these four subjects forms the root of economics. We need to shift from the type of economy that is based only on consumption and not production. John Mwero can do it and the Institution and the authority must support him and his team.
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