CWT: JIBU RAHISI KWA MASWALI MAGUMU!

CWT ni trade union iliyo mstari wa mbele kuhakikisha walimu hapa nchini wanapata stahili zao kwa wakati.Pamoja na ukweli kuwa CWT imejitahidi sana katika kutekeleza wajibu huo bado CWT ina mapungufu kadhaa ya kimuundo na kiutendaji. Makala hii inajadili maswala yahusuyo uanachama, makato ya ada ya uanachama na muundo wa benki ya walimu kuelekea katika uchaguzi mkuu wa CWT.

Nimekuwa nikiandika mara nyingi kuhusu uanachama wa mwalimu katika CWT. Katiba ya CWT inasema wazi kuwa kuna aina tatu za wanachama wa chama hicho, mosi ni wanachama wa heshima ambao hupewa uanachama kutokana na mchango wao kwa CWT,Aina ya pili ni uanachama wa hiari na tatu ni wanachama wa halisi ambao wanatoa ada ya uanachama kila mwezi.Upungufu uliopo katika kipengele cha wanachama ni katiba kutotoa maelezo ya kutosha kuonyesha namna ya upatikanaji wa hao wanachama halisi.

Makato ya ada ya uanachama ni upungufu mwingine wa CWT. Tangu nimeifahamu CWT haijawahi kuwa na kiwango sawa cha makato ya ada ya uanachama kwa wanachama wake.CWT imekuwa ikikata 2% ya mshahara wa kila mwalimu kila mwezi kama ada ya uanachama. Kwa maswala hayo mawili ya uanachama na makato ya ada kwa asilimia 2% ya mshahara wa mwalimu kila mwezi ni tatizo linalohitaji ufumbuzi wa haraka. Uvunaji wa pesa za walimu isivyo halali kila mwezi na kutufanya tujiulize hivi CWT ni kwa maslahi ya nani? serikali, AU Viongozi wake?

Nasema CWT inavuna pesa za walimu isivyohalali kila mwezi kutokana na ukweli kuwa kwa sheria zilizopo cwt haina mamlaka ya kuchukua ada ya uanachama kwa % ya mshahara wa mtumishi.Nasema hayo kwa kuwa sheria zote tangu ile ya mwaka 1961,"The organisation of Tanzania Trade Union Act,1961, the trade Union(Revocation of special powers) Act,1962,The Trade Union ordiance Act,1962,"The Trade Unions and Trade Disputes (Miscellaneous Provision)Act, 1964 hadi hii ya sasa iliyofanyiwa marekebisho 2006. Hakuna mamlaka ya aina hiyo isipokuwa kwa sheria ya "Employment and Labour Relations Act,2004(4) inayotoa mwongozo wa nini kifanyike kuhusu makato [Si kwa %] ya mshahara kwenda trade union husika. Kwa mantiki hiyo,CWT imekuwa ikuvuna mabilioni ya pesa isivyo halali kila mwaka kutoka kwa walimu pasipo ridhaa yao.

Aidha,siku za hivi karibuni, kila mahali pa kazi kwa walimu gumzo kubwa ni uchaguzi wa CWT. Walimu wanapigana vikumbo kuhakikisha wanapata nafasi ya uwakilishi au uongozi ndani ya CWT.Huo ni upande mmoja wa shilingi. Upande wa pili wengine wanatafakari nini cha kufanya kutokana na CWT  kuweka masharti yanayowanyima fulsa ya kushiriki katika chaguzi hizo.Moja ya masharti hayo ni mwanachama kuwa ametoa ada ya uanachama kwa kipindi cha miezi kumi na mbili mfulululizo.

Swala la kigezo cha ada napenda nilijadili kwa kirefu kidogo. Hapo juu nimeeleza kuwa kuna walimu ambao kimsingi hawajawaridhia makato ya mshahara wao kwenda CWT lakini wamekuwa wakikatwa. Kuanzia septemba mwaka jana baadhi ya walimu hao wameondolewa makato hayo na baadhi wakiendelea kukatwa makato ya ada ya CWT.Pamoja na Viongozi kutambua CWT imekuwa ikipata mgao toka hazina kama makato ya ada ya uanachama kwa walimu hao ambao kwa sasa hawapo katika makato, waliamua kuweka “kizingiti” kwao ili wasipate fulsa ya kuchagua au kuchaguliwa hata kama walikuwa wakikatwa ada kwa muda mrefu kiasi gani. Hii si sawa hata kidogo!Jambo hili linaleta maswali zaidi ya majibu yanayotolewa kiasi cha kufanya wengine tupoteze imani kwa chama. Viongozi wa CWT wanakiri kuwa kuna walimu wameondolewa makato ya ada ya uanachama na njia pekee ya uchangiaji inayotumiwa ni mwajiri kukata mshahara wa mwalimu na kupeleka katika CWT.Ikiwa makato hayo yamesimamishwa. Je ni nani anayewajibika na kusimamishwa huko ikiwa mwalimu hajawahi kuomba kusimamishiwa makato?.Je, ni halali mwalimu kunyimwa haki ya kushiriki shughuli za chama wakati ameshachangia zaidi ya miaka kumi?Ikiwa alikuwa amekatwa kimakosa,[kama hajawahi kuridhia makato hayo] Je,kwanini chama kisirejeshe  makato hayo kwa mwalimu?.Je,ni hatua gani CWT imechukua baada ya kuona mapato yatokanayo na ada za uanachama yamepungua? Je, CWT haioni kuwa si sahihi kumzuia mwalimu aliyechangia kushiriki katika shughuli za chama?

Uanzishwaji wa benki ya walimu ni wazo zuri ninaloliunga mkono.Viongozi wa CWT  wanapita maeneo ya kazi kuhamasisha walimu kununua hisa ili umiliki wa benki hiyo kwa sehemu kubwa uwe chini ya walimu. Aidha, taarifa zinaeleza kuwa kila mwanachama hai wa CWT atanunuliwa hisa kupitia michango yake ya kila mwezi aliyoyochangia. Hofu yangu bado ipo kwa walimu ambao wameondolewa katika makato hayo.Je, hawa hawana haki ya kushiriki pia katika shughuli za benki ya walimu? Vipi kuhusu hatma na thamani ya michango waliyokwisha changia CWT?. Tunahitaji majibu yenye mashiko kutoka CWT.

Naandika  makala hii kwa CWT na walimu kwa ujumla kwa kuwa naamini kwamba kitendo cha kuwanyima fulsa walimu kushiriki kikamilifu katika shughuli za CWT ni jibu rahisi kwa maswali magumu. Naamini walimu ni waelewa na wenye hekima.Nao watatumia busara zao kulitathimini jambo hili na kulitafutia ufumbuzi. Aidha ,nawaandikia watanzania kwa kuwa naamini kuwa wao ni watu makini na wenye busara ambao hawapo tayari kuona uonevu ukifanywa katika jamii yao.

Mpango wa MWAKEM: “Usiwe Jibu rahisi kwa tatizo kubwa !”

Dec, 16, 2010 taasisi ya uwezo Tanzania ilitangaza matokeo ya utafiti wake kuhusu uwezo wa watoto kusoma na kuandika nchini Tanzania. Katika utafiti huo, imebainika kuwa idadi kubwa ya watoto nchini hawawezi kufaulu majaribio kwa kiwango kilichotarajiwa. Matokeo ambayo kimsingi yanatoa wito wa kuboresha ufundishaji na ujifunzaji katika kila somo.


Kwa muda mrefu sasa, jamii imekuwa ikiwatupia mzigo mkubwa wa lawama walimu pindi ufaulu wa wanafunzi unapo kuwa duni. Kimantiki lawama hizo zinaweza kuwa na mashiko. Hii inatokana na ukweli kuwa ubora wa elimu itolewayo unategemea sana uwepo wa walimu wenye sifa,vifaa vya kufundishia na kujifunzia, mitaala thabiti na thahili,ushirikiano wa walimu, wanafunzi, wazazi,wadau wa elimu na tathmini sahii ya mtaala inayokubalika.

Kwa kutambua kuwa ubora wa walimu ni kigezo muhimu cha msingi katika kuinua ubora wa elimu, Wizara ya elimu na mafunzo ya ufundi ili kukidhi mahitaji katika utekelezaji wa mpango wa maendeleo ya sekta ya elimu (ESPP)ambao ilihusisha mipango kabambe ya MMEM na MMES iliandaa mkakati wa menejimenti na maendeleo ya walimu MMEMWA ili kuimarisha ubora wa elimu ya ualimu. Hii ilitokana na ukweli kuwa mafanikio ya mipango yote miwili MMEM na MMES litegemea sana upatikanaji wa walimu.

Aidha, kwa kutambua kuwa mafunzo ya walimu kazini ni nyenzo kuu ya kufanikisha ubora wa ufundishwaji na ujifunzaji darasani.Serikali imeamua kuimarisha programu za mafunzo kazini kwa walimu .Kuanzia Julai ,2010, wizara ya elimu na mafunzo ya ufundi ilianza kutekeleza mkakati wa mafunzo kazini kwa walimu wa shule za msingi ngazi ya shule-MWAKEM kwa lengo la kuinua ubora wa walimu wa shule za msingi katika kufundisha elimu ya awali na msingi kwa ufanisi.

Ni dhahiri kuwa ikiwa mpango huu utaratibiwa na kusimamiwa vema walimu watapata kujifunza mambo mapya kama vile mabadiliko ya mitaala, dhana na nadharia za ufundishaji na ujifunzaji na hivyo kuweza kukabiliana na changamoto za mabadiliko katika elimu kila wakati.

Kwa mujibu wa mwongozo wa usimamizi na utekelezajimwam MWAKEM uliotolewa novemba 2010,usimamizi na uendeshaji wa mafunzo kazini kwa walimu wa shule za msingi ngazi ya shule umeelekezwa vizuri sana.Aidha,watendaji wakuu katika utekelezaji huo na majukumu yao katika kila ngazi wameainishwa vema.Na kwa lengo la kuwa na mafunzo yenye ufanisi na endelevu kwa walimu mafunzo hayo yameandaliwa kutolewa kwa kushishikiana na halmashauri za wilaya.

Nashawishika kuuona mpango wa MWAKEM kuwa ni jibu rahisi kwa tatizo kubwa kwa sababu kuu mbili; mosi ni uzoefu unaotokana na utekelezaji wa mipango iliyotangulia na pili ni pengo kubwa lililopo kati ya ukweli wa hali ya elimu yetu na jitihada za mantiki tunayotumia ili kuuona ukweli huo katika kutathimini na kuinua ubora wa elimu nchini.

Utekelezaji wa mipango mingi ya maendeleo ya elimu iliyotangulia umekuwa na changamoto nyingi sana.Mfano mzuri katika kuelezea hili ni mpango wa mafunzo kazini kwa walimu wa daraja la tatu B/C-A mpango uliokuwa maarufu sana kwa jina la “moduli”. Utekelezaji wa mpango huo ulikumbana na changamoto nyingi sana.Kubwa miongoni mwa changamoto hizo ilikuwa ni utayari wa walimu tarajiwa kujiendeleza kuwa mdogo na halmashauri nyingi kutotenga fungu kwa ajili ya mafunzo kabilishi na yale ya ana kwa ana kati ya wakufunzi na walimu ili kutathimini maendeleo ya walimu katika kujifunzaji. Kwa mujibu wa mwongozo wa utekelezaji wa MWAKEM kila halmashauri imeelekezwa kutenga pesa kiasi cha tsh elfu arobaini [40,000/=] kwa kila mwalimu kwa ajli ya mafunzo hayo kila mwaka katika bajeti yake.Uzoefu unaonyesha kuwa halmashauri nyingi kipaumbele chao huwa sio maendeleo ya taaluma ya walimu na ndio maana mafungu hayo huwa hayapo na ikitokea yakatengwa huwa yanatumika kwa shughuli nyingine tofauti na malengo tarajiwa.Tatizo linaloonekana kuwa sugu.

Nimelazimika kutolea mfano mpango wa C/B-A na MWAKEM kwa kuwa wahusika wakuu katika utekelezaji wake ni wale wale na mfumo wa uendeshaji wake hauna tofauti na ule wa C/B-A ambao mafunzo yake yalitolewa kwa njia ya masafa kupitia moduli.

Sababu nyingine inayonifanya kuuona mpango huu ni jibu rahisi kwa taizo kubwa kama nilivyodokeza hapo awali ni pengo kubwa lililopo kati ya ukweli halisi wa hali ya elimu yetu na jitihada za mantiki tunayotumia ili kuuona ukweli huo katika kutathimini na kuinua ubora wa elimu nchini.Kwa mfano,ni ukweli usiopingika kuwa mchakato wa ufundishaji na ujifunzaji darasani unategemea sana umahiri wa mwalimu.Ni udhaifu mkubwa ikiwa tutakuwa tunazungumzia mpango wa kumpata mwalimu “mahiri” pasipo kueleza njia na vigezo tutavyotumia katika kumpata na jinsi ya kumfanya auishi umahiri wake.

Napenda kuwakumbusha wadau na wanaharakati wa elimu kuwa ubora wa elimu ni zaidi ya kuwa na mwalimu “mahiri” kwani hutegemea sana uwepo wa mitaala thabiti na dhahiri,uwepo wa vifaa vya kufundishia na kujifunzia, walimu wenye sifa,miundombinu inayovutia ufundishaji na ujifunzaji na ushirikiano wa wazazi,walimu,wanafunzi na wadau wote wa elimu.

Aidha napenda kuwakumbusha pia kuwa pamoja na ukweli kuwa elimu yetu inachangamoto nyingi,bado mafunzo kazini kwa walimu ni ya lazima na yanayopaswa kuwa endelevu.Ikiwa mifumo ya uendeshaji na usimamizi itaimarishwa ni dhahiri kuwa kiwango cha ufundishaji wa walimu wetu kitaimarika na hivyo lengo la taifa la upatikanaji wa elimu bora kwa wote litafanikiwa.

MTOTO WA MKULIMA: Msamiati uliotekwa nyara!!!!!!

Harakati za ukombozi wa mwanadamu katika Nyanja zote za kiuchumi,kisiasa,kiutamaduni na kifikra zina historia ndefu.Kutokana hali hiyo ndiyo maana wanazuoni tunashawishika kuamini kuwa historia kwetu ni sasa ikivuviwa na zamani.Ni matendo ya sasa yakitiwa nguvu na yale ya waliotutangulia?!!

Nimeanza makala hii kwa maelezo hayo katika kuutafakari msamiati wa “Mtoto wa Mkulima” ili niweze kuonyesha pengo kubwa lililopo kati ya ukweli wa maisha yetu na jitihada za mantiki tunayotumia ili kuuona ukweli huo.

Msamiati wa “Mtoto wa Mkulima” umeshika kasi ya ajabu sana katika siku za hivi karibuni.Ulipoanza kutumika msamiati huu,watumiaji wake walikuwa wakimaanisha kweli wao ni watoto wa wakulima,watu safi,wenye kuenenda katika mapito safi na waliotayari kupigania maslahi ya wengi.Kutokana na hali hiyo,ndipo wafuasi lukuki wakajitokeza mstari wa mbele katika kuunadi msamiati huo.

Jumuia ya wanachuo wa chuo kikuu cha Dar es salaam ni moja ya maeneo ambayo msamiati wa mtoto wa mkulima umeshika kasi ya ajabu!!!!Wanazuoni kadha wa kadha wakijipambanua kama wanaharakati wamekuwa wakijinadi kama watoto wa wakulima ilihali kihalisia sio kweli-hawako hivyo hata kidogo!! Wamekuwa wakijitokeza mbele ya hadhira mikono nyuma wakiendeleza kile wanazuoni wanachokiita “Vuguvugu la Umajumuni” katika kupinga mifumo dhalimu inayotufanya kuafiki kile tusicho amini.Jambo la kusikitisha ni pale wanapopewa mamlaka/madaraka ya kuwaongoza wenzao ghafla hunaswa katika mikoba ya ya uchawi wa “Giningi” na kusahau kabisa misingi ya harakati zao na kisomo chao kilichowapa nafasi ya kuwa pale walipo. Wanaishia kufanya kinyume na kabisa matarajio ya watu na kuwaacha “ watoto wa wakulima” halisi wakiishi na tamaa zao katika hali ya kukata tamaa!!!?

Binafsi sishangai hali hii kutokea.Sishangai kwa kuwa ni hali niliyoitegemea.Ni hali iliyotegemewa kwa kuwa tangu enzi za uhuru wan chi hii waasisi wake walisema wazi kabisa kuwa hii ni nchi ya wakulima na wafanyakazi.Baada ya wakulima kujipambambanua kuwa wao ni watu safi na wapiganaji katika ujenzi wa “Dunia bora kwa wote”, watoto wa wafanyakazi hasa wale wenye kipato kilichotukuka na kubatizwa majina yenye kuchukiza!? Hawakuwa na njia nyingine zaidi ya kuingia katika mduara na kujifanya nao ni wachezaji wa mdundo wa “Utenzi wa watoto wa wakulima”.Watoto wa wakulima wakadanganyika na kufikiri ni wenzao.Wanaposhituka,tayari wachezaji wakuu wa utenzi huo ni wale wale “waliotengwa”-hatimaye wametekwa nyara!!.Ishara ya hali hiyo ni matokeo ya utendaji wa viongo wetu ambao awali tulidhani ni wenzetu???!!!

Wanazuoni!!!! Ikiwa bado tunaamini katika misingi ya waasisi wa taifa letu ya kuwa hii ni nchi ya wakulima na wafanyakazi.Basi huu ni wakati wetu muafaka kudurusu upya mantiki ya msamiati huu wa “ mtoto wa mkulima” ili kuupatia maana stahili katika wakati stahili. Katika kufanya hivyo ni budi tukajikita vema katika kuangalia vigezo tunavyovitumia kutambua motto wa mkulima au vinginevyo kama haja hiyo ipo na mantiki tunayoitumia katika kuwagawa “ watoto wa watanzania” katika madaraja/makundi hayo.

Binafsi, nafikiri huu ni wakati muafaka wa kuzungumzia “uzalendo” . Tuwazungumzie watoto wa wazalendo wa Tanzania [Wakulima: wadodo,wakati & wakubwa Na wafanyakazi: wa kima cha chini,kati na juu].Ikiwa msamiati wa “mtoto wa mkulima” tumekuwa tukilitumia kumpambambanua mtoto wa Mtanzania mwenye kipato cha chini basi hilo ni kosa kubwa ambalo hatuna budi kuacha kuendelea kulifanya haraka iwezekanavyo kwa kuwa sio kweli kuwa kila mtoto wa mkulima anatoka katika familia duni.Aidha,ikiwa msamiati huo tunautumia katka kuwapambanua “ wapiganaji” au wanaharakati wa vuguvugu la umajumuni basi huu ni wakati muafaka wa kutafuta msamiati sahihi baada ya msamiati wa “ mtoto wa mkulima kutekwa nyara!!!!.Hii ni nchi ya wakulima na wafanyakazi.

Kazi ya mja kunena
Mungu ibariki Afrika,

Mungu ibariki Tanzania!!!!!

Mitaala yetu na hatma ya Elimu Tanzania.

Utekelezaji wa shughuli mbalimbali za serikali huongozwa na sear na kusimamiwa na sheria zilizoundwa kwa ajili ya kuhakikisha kuwa malengo yaliyokusudiwa yanafikiwa katika kiwango kilichotegemewa.Tangu uhuru,sekta ya elimu hapa nchini imeongozwa na sera mbili ambazo ni sera ya elimu ya kujitegemea na sera ya elimu na mafunzo ya 1995.

 Ujio wa sera ya elimu na mafunzo 1995 ilikuwa ni faraja kubwa sana kwa wadau wa elimu hapa nchini.Hii ni kutokana na ukweli kuwa sera hii ilileta mapinduzi makubwa sana katika sekta ya elimu ambayo hayajawahi kushuhudiwa tangu enzi za azimio la Arusha.Mapinduzi yaliyoletwa na sera hiyo ni kutokana na ukweli kuwa sera hiyo ilitokana na utafiti wa kina uliofanywa ili kutambua hali halisi ya elimu yetu na changamoto zake.Ujio wa sera hii ndio uliopelekea mabadiliko makubwa ya mitaala ya elimu yangu ya awali hadi elimu ya juu.

Miaka michache tu tangu kuingia na kuanza kutumika kwa mitaala hiyo iliyoandaliwa kwa misingi ya sera ya elimu na mafnzo ya 1995,nchi ilishudia mabadiliko mengine makubwa ya mitaala kwa kigezo chenye mashiko cha dhana ya “Ufundishaji unaozingatia ujenzi wa maana”.Haijulikanai ni utafiti kiasi gani ulifanyika ili kubaini udhaifu na ubora wa mitaala iliyokuwepo?! Kama hiyo haitoshi,mara tu baada ya mabadiliko hayo ya mitaala serikali kupitia wizara ya elimu na mafunzo ya ufundi ikatangaza kufanyika kwa mabadiliko ya sera ya elimu-mswada unasubiri Baraka za bunge kuidhinishwa rasmi na kuwaacha wanazuoni midomo wazi na maswali mia kidogo;mathalani Mabadiliko ya sera na mabadiliko ya mitaala kipi kilipaswa kuanza? Je, ni utafiti kiasi gani umefanywa ili kujiridhisha kuwa sera ya elimu na mafunzo iliyopo haijatuletea tija na hivyo haitufai katika dunia ya “ulaji na uteja”[utandawazi na soko huria]? Ikiwa utekelezaji wa mitaala huongozwa na sera na kusimamiwa na sheria zinazoundwa ina maana kuwa mitaala yote iliyoandaliwa kati ya 2006 na 2008 na mingine kuanza kutumika rasmi 2009 itapaswa kubadilishwa ili kuenda sambamba na matakwa ya sera! Je, ni utashi gani tuliotumia kufanya haraka ya kubadili mitaala kabla ya kujua mahitaji halisi ya sekta ya elimu?Je, ikiwa hatukusudii kufanya mabadiliko makubwa katika sekta ya elimu hivi karibuni mswada wa sera ya elimu uliopo mezani una maana gani kwetu?Je, ubadilishaji holela wa mitaala pasipo kufanya upembuzi yakinifu ili kujua hali halisi ni matumizi sahihi ya pesa za wavuja jasho wan chi hii?Hakika maswali ni mengi ila majibu yanaweza kuwa ni mengi zaidi!.

Chimbuko la makala hii ni hofu iliyochipuka kutokana na mambo makubwa mawili;Kwanza ni ripoti ya tathimini kuhusu uwezo wa kujifunza katika elimu hapa nchini iliyotolewa na asasi ya Uwezo Tanzania na pili ni mabadiliko ya fedha yaliyotangazwa hivi karibuni.

Matokeo ya ripoti ya Uwezo Tanzania ni dhahili kuwa imewashitua watu wengi. Lakini kwa wafuatiliaji wa mabo hilo ni jambo lililotarajiwa na hali hiyo kihalisia inaweza kuwa ni mbaya zaidi ya matokeo ya utafiti huo. Aidha hofu yangu kutokana na mabadiliko ya pesa yaliyotangazwa hivi karibuni ni kutokana na ukweli kuwa mabadiliko hayo kwa namna moja au nyingine yanaweza kupelekea mabadiliko mengine ya mitaala hata kabla ya sera mpya ya elimu kuanza kutumika.Hii ni kutokana na ukweli kuwa fedha yetu ni moja ya alama za taifa letu na watoto wetu kwa kutumia mtaala uliopo wanajifunza juu ya alama hizo.Mfano,katika somo la hisababti darasa la tatu sura ya 3 mwanafunzi anajifunza kuhusu utambuzi wa fedha. Aidha katika darasa hilo hilo la 3 katika somo la Uraia sura ya 3 mada ya 6 anajifunza kuhusu fedha kwa lengo la kumwezesha mwanafunzi kutambua,kutathimini na kuheshimu alama za utambulisho wa taifa lake.Kwa mujibu wa muhtasari uliopo mwanafunzi anatarajiwa kufikia lengo tajwa hapo juu ikiwa ataweza kuainisha na kutaja alama zilizopo katika sarafu na noti za Tanzania.Noti zote zilizoainishwa katika mtaala huo ndizo zinazobadilishwa!!!Hii ina maana kuwa noti mpya na hizi zinazotumika sasa pamoja na kuwa na thamani sawa zitakuwa na alama zinazotofautiana.Kwa kuwa tumejifunza kukurupuka katika kufanya maamuzi,ni dhahili kuwa mihtasari hiyo itarekebishwa haraka ili kukidhi haja. Wakati zoezi hilo likikamika,sera mpya ya elimu itakuwa tayari na ni wazi kuwa maboresho mengine ya mtaala yatafuata!?Je ,katika hali kama hiyo tutarajie kitu gani? Je, ni lini mitaala yetu itatengemaa na hivyo kuwa na tahimini ya mtaala yenye mantiki? Je, ni nini hatma ya elimu yetu katika muktadha huu? Je, walimu,waelimisha walimu, watunga sera na wadau wengine wa elimu tunafanya nini katika hali hii?.

Hii ndiyo Tanzania ya Maisha Bora kwa Kila Mtanzania

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HUJUI SIKU YA KUFA.

Kifo kingekuwa kama, kinatoa taarifa.

Kingekuwa kinasema, kesho ni siku ya kufa

Ni wengi wangeungama tusinge jenga gorofa

Hujui siku ya ufa.

Kingesema jiandae, saa kumi ninafariki,

Ujijue baadae, utakwenda kwa Mariki,

Hivyo vizuri ukae, ugawe kile na hiki,

Hujui siku ya kufa.

Kifo kingekuambia, una kufa muda gani,

Tusinge jenga na pia, tusinge kwenda kazini,

Wote tungesubiria, ufe wende kaburini,

Hujui siku ya kufa.

Ni siku ungeijua, una kufa Jumapili,

Gari tusingenunua, tungeuza zote mali,

Kutwa tungeomba dua, tungefanya ya halali,

Hujui siku ya kufa.

Kifo kitu cha pekee, wanyama na Binadamu,

Wadogo hadi wazee, shangazi hadi binamu,

Kifo usikichezee, kina kuhamisha humu,

Hujui siku ya kufa.

 (YOB)

CWT yavuna zaidi ya Tshs.3,550,092,000.00/=za walimu isivyohalali kila mwaka!!

Awali ya yote namshukuru Muumba kwa kutuwezesha kuifikia siku ya leo ambapo saa chache zijazo tutauanza mwaka mpya wa 2010.Aidha napenda pia kuchukua nafsi hii kuwashukuru wasomaji wa makala zangu hasa wale wanaoperuzi gazeti langu tando la www.pengotz. blogspot. com. Pamoja na ukweli kuwa kwa muda mrefu sasa nimekuwa nikichangia makala katika majukwaa mbalimbali kuhusu walimu na CWT,leo nimeamua kufunga mwaka na makala nyingine kuhusu CWT.Kifupi naweza kusema kuwa makala hii ni mjumuisho wa makala na michango yangu iliyotangulia kuhusu CWT.

CWT ni trade union ambayo kwa kiasi kikubwa imekuwa mstari wa mbele katika kuhakikisha kuw walimu hapa nchini wanapata stahili zao kwa wakati.Pamoja na ukweli kuwa CWT imejitahidi kwa kiasi kikubwa sana katika kutekeleza wajibu huo bado chama hicho kina mapungufu kadhaa ya kimuundo na kiutendaji. Katika makala hii ya kuhitimisha mwaka ningependa kujadili kuhusu swala la uanachama na makato ya ada ya uanachama kama ambavyo nimekuwa nikifanya hapo nyuma.

Kuhusu swala Uanachama,katiba ya CWT inasema kuwa kuna aina tatu za wanachama wa chama hicho.Aina ya kwanza ni wanachama wa heshima ambao hupewa uanachama kutokana na mchango wao kwa chama,Aina ya pili ni uanachama wa hiari na ile ya mwisho ni wanachama wa halisi ambao wanatoa ada ya uanachama kila mwezi.Upungufu uliopo katika kipengele cha wanachama ni katiba kutotoa maelezo ya kutosha kuonyesha namna ya upatikanaji wa hao wanachama halisi. Jambo jingine ninaloliona kuwa ni upungufu/udhaifu ni kuhusu ada ya uanachama.Tangu nimeifahamu CWT haijawahi kuwa na kiwango sawa cha makato ya ada ya uanachama kwa wanachama wake.CWT imekuwa ikikata 2% ya mshahara wa kila mwalimu kila mwezi kama ada ya uanachama. Kwa maswala hayo mawili ya uanachama na makato ya ada kwa asilimia 2% ya mshahara wa mwalimu kila mwezi kwangu naliona kuwa ni tatizo kubwa ambalo linahitaji ufumbuzi wa haraka kadri inavyowezekana. Wakongwe katika sekta ya elimu wanashuhudia kuwa enzi zao walikuwa wakijaza fomu maalumu kwa ajili ya kujiunga na CWT na kila mmoja alipewa nambari ya uanachama pamoja na kadi ya chama.Jambo la kusikitisha hali hiyo siku hizi haipo kwani kila anayeitwa mwalimu na kufundisha shule au chuo cha serikali basi mara moja anaanza kukatwa ada ya uanachama katika mshahara wake pasipo ridhaa yake huku wale walio katika sekta binafsi wakiwekwa kando.! Aidha, swala la makato ya ada ya uanachama kwa asilimia ya mshahara wa mtu ni aina nyingine ya ufedhuli usioweza kuvumulika wanaofanyiwa walimu hapa nchini.CWT inavuna mamilioni ya pesa za walimu isivyo halali kila mwezi kwa mtindo huo na kutufanya tujiulize hivi CWT-kwa-maslahi- ya-nani?walimu, serikali, AU Viongozi wake?

Nathubutu kusema kuwa CWT inavuna pesa za walimu isivyohalali kila mwezi kutokana na ukweli kuwa kwa mujibu wa sheria zilizopo hawana mamlaka ya kuchukua ada ya uanachama kwa asilimia ya mshahara wa mtumishi.Nasema hayo kwa kuwa nimelazimika katika kuutafuta ukweli kudurusu sheria mabalimbali tangu ile ya mwaka 1961,"The organisation of Tanzania Trade Union Act,1961,[Act no. 20/91],the trade Union(Revocation of special powers) Act,1962,The Trade Union ordiance Act,1962,"The Trade Unions and Trade Disputes (Miscellaneous Provision)Act, 1964 [Act No. 64/64] hadi hii ya sasa iliyofanyiwa marekebisho 2006 "The Trade Union Act,1998 sijaona mahali ambapo wamepewa mamlaka ya aina hiyo isipokuwa kwa sheria ya "Employment and Labour Relations Act,2004 part 4 ndiyo inayotoa maelekezo ya kitu gani kifanyike baada ya mwajiriwa kuridhia mbele ya mashahidi kuhusu makato husika [Sio kwa %] ya mshahara wake kwenda katika trade union husika. Kwa mantiki hiyo,CWT imekuwa ikuvuna zaidi ya Tshs.3,550,092,000.00/=i kila mwaka tangu mwaka 2002 hadi sasa kutoka kwa walimu pasipo ridhaa yao.Hesabu hiyo hapo juu ni ndogo sana nayo inatokana na walimu waliopatikana kutokana na utekelezaji wa mpango wa maendeleo ya sekta ya Elimu chini ya programu mbili za MMEM [2002-2006] Ambao uliiwezesha serikali kuajiri walimu wapya 45,796 wa shule za msingi wakati kupitia SEDP [2004-2009] walimu 38,730 wa ngazi ya shahada na stashahada wameajiliwa na kufanya jumla ya walimu wapya walioajiriwa katika sekta ya elimu kati ya mwaka 2002 na 2009 kufikia 84,526.Walimu hao wote hawajawahi kujaza fomu za kujiunga na chama wala kuridhia makato ya ada ya uanachama wa 2% ya mshahara wao. Ikiwa walimu hao kila mmoja atakuwa anakatwa wastani wa Tshs.3500/- kila mwezi,kwa mwaka mmoja CWT inavuna isivyohalali Tshs. 3,550,092,000. 00/=

Nawaandikia makala hii walimu kwa kuwa naamini kuwa walimu ni watu waelewa,wenye hekima na wanaoamini katika kile wanachokiamini kuwa ni sahihi.Nao watatumia busara zao katika kulitathimini jambo hili na kulitafutia ufumbuzi. Aidha ,nawaandikia watanzania kwa kuwa naamini kuwa wao ni watu makini,wachambuzi na wenye busara ambao siku zote hawapo tayari kuona uonevu ukifanywa katika jamii yao.Nao watakuwa tayari kuwaunga mkono watu hawa waliopewa jukumu kubwa la malezi ya watoto wetu katika mazingira magumu huku wakinyimwa haki zao za msingi za kiutumishi. Ninamwandikia katibu mkuu -Hazina na waajiri wote wa walimu [Katibu mkuu,Wizara ya Elimu na mafunzo ya Ufundi na Wakurugenzi wa halimashauri zote za wilaya] ili watambue kuwa makato wanayoyafanya ya 2% ya mshahara wa kila mwalimu kama ada ya uanachama kwenda CWT sio halali na wanapaswa kusitisha na kuchukua hatua haraka iwezekanavyo. CWT nao wanapaswa kujipeleleza na kuunda chama imara upya ambacho sio tu kitakuwa kikisimamia na kuratibu upatikanaji wa haki na maslahi ya walimu bali kuhakikisha kuwa kinasimamia ipasavyo maendeleo ya Taaluma ya Ualimu hapa nchini.

Mungu Ibariki Afrika, Mungu Ibariki Tanzania.

Nawatakia Kila lakheri katika mwaka Mpya wa 2010.

Introducing "Ufundishaji wa SAYANSI: Mafunzo ya Ualimu-cheti."

Ufundishaji wa Sayansi: Mafunzo ya Ualimu ngazi ya Cheti ni kitabu kilichoandikwa kwa ustadi mkubwa na kuhaririwa kwa umahiri ili kimsaidie Mwalimu tarajali kujifunza bila shida somo la Sayansi kwa vyuo vya Ualimu hapa nchini.

Kitabu hiki ni cha kwanza katika mfululizo wa vitabu viwili vilivyoandikwa mahususi kwa ajili ya kutumika katika utekelezaji wa muhtasari wa mafunzo ya Ualimu wa Elimu ya msingi ngazi ya cheti uliotolewa mwaka 2009 na wizara ya Elimu na Mafunzo ya Ufundi.

Katika kurahisisha ufundishaji na ujifunzaji wa somo,kitabu hiki kimejikita katika mjadala mpevu na wa kina kwa mada zote za maudhui ya ufundishaji kama zilivyoainishwa katika muhtasari huo mpya.Katika kila mada za kitabu hiki kuna vitendo vya kutosha na mazoezi yatakayomwezesha mtumiaji wa kitabu hiki kujitathimini maendeleo yake katika kujifunza.

Aidha kitabu hiki kinaweza kutumika pia mahali popote ambapo mafunzo kazini kwa walimu yanatolewa na kwa walimu walio kazini kwa lengo la kupanua uelewa wao kuhusu ufundishaji.

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 Maelezo kuhusu kitabu hiki ni kama ifuatavyo:

JINA : Ufundishaji wa

Ufundishaji wa Sayansi:Mafunzo ya Ualimu ngazi ya Cheti.

©John J. Malata, 2009

Toleo la kwanza,2009

Chapa ya kwanza Novemba,2009

ISBN 978 9987 9313 5 4

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MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA:The Little Saint Nun Of India

In the third country of India in a remote place called Calcutta,inside a special place there lies a body of one of greatest woman India and the world in general,probably awaiting the trumpet call of her master whom she followed His worlds recorded in the holy Bible;”I was hungry and you feed me ,naked and you closed me .......”(Mathew 25:34)This is no other but the late Mother Teresa,a nun who dedicated all her life for God and the poor of the world. Born in prosperous country of Eastern Europe,educated in a rich country of western Europe she selflessly decided to live with the poverty stricken citizen of India. Probably we are encountering the greatest woman of the century-mother Teresa of Calcutta.....!

Her real name was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu,she was born on August 27,1910 in Skopje,Macedonia-Yugoslavia. She was a daugheter of an Albanian grocer. When she was 12 she was quite sure she was going to become a nun (How many of our children are career).In 1928,she went to Ireland to join the institute of the missionary of the blessed Virgin,sailing,only six week later,to India as a teacher. She subsequently requested permission to work with the poor of Calcutta.

After studying nursing. Mother Teresa moved in to the slum .Municipal authorities,upon her petition,gave her the pilgrim hostel near the sacred kali's temple where by in 1948 she founded the order of the Missionaries of charity -A Roman catholic congregation of women dedicated to poor,particularly to the destitute of India.Sympathetic companion soon flocked to her aid. Dispensaries and outdoor school were organized.

Mother Teresa adopted Indian citizenship,and her Indian nuns all donned the sari as their habit. In 1950 her Order received a canonical sanction from Pope Pius XII and in 1965 it become a pontifical congregation(subjected only to the Pope).The Order opened numerous centers serving the blind,aged,lepers,cripples and the dying.Under her care/guidance,the Missionaries of Charity bult near Ansanson,India, a leper colony called Shanti Nager “Town Of Peace”.

In 1963 the Indian government awarded her the Padmashri ''Lord Of the Lotus'' for her service to the people of India and in 1964 on his trip to India Pope Paul VI gave her ceremonial limousine which she immediately ruffled to help finance her leper colony 1968 she was summoned to Rome to found a home thee,stuffed primarily with Indians nuns followed with the Nehru award in 1969.In recognition to her apostolate,she was honored on 6,January1971 by Pope Paul,who awarded her First Pope John XXIII Peace Prize.

In the late 1970s the missionaries of charity numbered more than 1,000 nuns who operated 60 centers in Calcutta and more than 200 worldwide centers including in Tanzania,Great Britain,Australia,Venezuela,Jordan and Sri-lanka. By 1970 her foundation in Calcutta alone saved nearly 8,000 destitute outcast from death. It was not surprising when she become the recipient of the greatest world award the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.

How did she view herself? As most celebrities are,she did not give credit to her personality but to her poor people. When asked if she`ll turn up any antidote,any legend she replied “NO” and went futher “...there are no legends..”Her greatest secret was “Service/work for the poorest of poor”.This is an extraordinary woman,whose life was a living prayer,she had no biological children yet milions call her mother,mother. Here are some of her motherly heritage-words to us;

“I want very much people to come to God...I hope I am converting....I cannot give the light:I can only give the means..”

“...what we allow God to use far,that is important. What He is doing through us is important-poverty is nothing but freedom and the total surrender is obedience..”

“...The poor must know that we love them,that they are wanted. They themselves have nothing to give but love...true love always has hurt. It must be painful to love someone,painful to leave them,you might to die for them”

“Death is nothing but the completion of life,every religion has got eternity..”

“We help the poor die with God. We help them to say sorry to God. It is between them and God alone. Nobody else,Nobody has the right to come at that time. We must help them to make piece with God because that is the greatest need-to die in peace with God. We live that they die so that they may go home according to what is written in the book,be it written according to Hindu, or Muslim ,or Buddist,or Catholic, or Protestant, or any other belief...”

“The healthy person maybe closer to dying or even more dead , the person who is dying. They might be spiritually dead,only it doesn't show. Who are we to judge....where there is mystery,there must be faith. Faith,you cant change no matter how you look at it. Either you have it or you don't. For us it is very simple because our feet are on the ground. We have more of the living reality”

“Cleanness of heart means openness,that complete freedom,that detachment that allows you to love God without hindrance,without obstacles....poverty is such a wonderful gift of God....it gives us detachment and the real freedom necessary to understand the very poor people....”

“You should spend at least half an hour in the morning and hour at night in prayer. You can pray while you work. Work doesn't stop prayer and prayers doesn't stop work. It requires only that small raising of mind to Him, “I love you, God I trust you,I believe in You,I need you now” .Small things like that. They are wonderful prayers.

That was mother Teresa of Calcutta,a leader of “Carriers Of God's Love” whose dowry was/is poverty,she lived the truth that prayer is devotion,prayer is service. Service was her main concern,her religion,her redemption. To meet her was to feel utterly humble,to sense the power of tenderness,the strength off love. She is now laying peaceful and hopeful waiting for the word of master:”...come,O blessed of My Father,inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave Me food I was thirsty and you gave Me drink,I was a stranger and you welcomed Me,I was naked and you clothed Me,I was sick and you visited Me,I was in prison and you came to Me...”(St Mathew 25:34-36).We need not wait for a mortal man to declare Mother Teresa a saint,by her fruits we've known her,she was a living saint and as we say Adios Amigo to our mama let us join her favorite prayer of St. Francis of Assisi;

Lord make me an instrument of your peace,

Where there is hatred,let me sow love

Where there is injury,pardon

Where there is doubt,faith

Where there is despair,hope

Where there is darkness,light

and where there is sadness,joy

O divine Master,grant me that I maynot

So much seek to be consoled as to console:

To be understood as to understand

To be loved as to love

For it is in giving that we receive:

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned:

And it is dying

That we are born to eternal life.

ADIOS SAINT AGNESS-MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA.

Author: Chambi Chachage
The original Article as it was writen in 1998.

Kuinuka na Kuanguka kwa UDSM!

Kwa aliyewahi kusoma, kukipenda, kufundisha na kufanya kazi maeneo ya chuo, na yote kabisa Mtanzania mzalendo!

Chuo Kikuu cha Dar-es-Salaam, palikuwa mahala pa cheche ya fikra na mbubujiko wa mijadala makini na ya huru kwa maslahi ya Taifa na Afrika kwa ujumla.

Palikuwa mahala pa ndoto ya kila kijana kuweza kufika na kupata fursa ya kusoma hapo. Ilikuwa ndoto na fahari ya kila mzazi kuweza kumfikisha mtoto wake hadi ngazi hiyo. Ilikuwa ndoto kwa wanataaluma (wa ndani na nje ya Tanzania) kupata fursa kufundisha katika chuo hicho. Mlimani palikuwa kizio cha kupima taaluma ya juu nchini!

Hakika waswahili walisema “hakuna marefu yasiyo na ncha”! na kila lenye mwanzo halikosi kuwa na mwisho! Kama kilivyoanza kwa juhudi za dhati ndivyo kinavyomalizwa kwa juhudi za dhati na kundi la watu wachache wasiotaka kusikia la mwazini wala mnadi swala wakiwa na kiburi cha nguvu ya vyombo vya dola na ushosti wa wakuu wa nchi.Soma makala Hii ya kupendeza kwa kubonyeza HAPA. Kama ilivyoandikwa na Asha Miguubaja na kupostiwa na Chambi Chachage katika bogu ya  

UDADISI: Rethinking in Action

Mtaala mpya wa Mafunzo ya Ualimu watolewa

Ndg wadau,
Wizara ya Elimu na mafunzo ya Ufundi wiki iliyopita ilitoa miongozo mipya [Sylabus] kwa ajili ya kufundishia katika vyuo vya Ualimu kwa ngazi zote za cheti na stashahada.Ili kupata miongozo hiyo Bonyeza HAPA.

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CHE GUEVARA:THE DOCTOR WHO BECOME A REVOLUTIONARY HERO

“Che” What a common name in Latin America,What a common name in revolutionary African states?Ask Mandela he'll make a speech of him,the late Kabila would compose a song and Museveni will even write a biography!.This is nothing but a sign which the author of this article shares meaning ,a friends or buddy. This is one of the greatest heroes in the history of Human struggle against poverty,ignorance and oppression. If Che was alive today we would have no need of writing this article for he could have describe himself well in only two lines,here this ...”Being a revolutionary is the highest level of civilization”. That was really Che. He was born in Argentina,had a movement in Guatemala, maneuvered in Mexico,ministered in Cuba,fought in Congo and died in Bolivia. What a Super-hero we are encountering!!.

His real name was Ernesto Guevara Dela Sena and he was born in the Argentine's capital Buerno Aires in a place called Rosario in 4thJune 1928.His mother was known as Celia Dela Sena and the father was Guevara Lynch. He was a brother of five children born in a middle class family of Spanish-Irish -descent and Leftist attitude thus preparing a man of guerrilla warfare and . “No one can withhold ones destiny”, that was true with Che who used to suffer from asthmatic attacks yet he exercised as athlete and scholar thus completing medical studies in 1953.He was a man of his type,instead of spending holidays with girlfriends and palls,he used to visit many countries of Latin America whereby his observation of poverty in mass level convinced him that the only solution for all these was/is a violent revolution and decided to go on with this conviction which has created history for us.

In 1953,now a professional doctor,Che unselfishly abandoned prosperity and went to Guatemala for a movement against imperialism and proceeding on he went to Mexico where he met his counterparts,the notable Fidel and Raul Castro [Political Exile from Cuba ] with the same revolutionary vision,they prepared an attempt to overthrow dictator Fulgenso Batista of Cuba in 1956 but unlucky they failed and Che was wounded. Three years later in 02/01/1959 they finally won and stated a Marxist government whereby Che was granted Cuban citizenship. This was a great time to the socialist doctor to show his revolution heart. Serving in Cuba as a chief of Industrial department,national Institution of Agrarian,president of of the national Bank of Cuba and a minister of industries. These responsibilities made him to be known in the western countries for opposing all forms of imperialism,neo-colonialism and US foreign policy of interference through CIA. He was a theoretician of guerrilla warfare and he even wrote a book on what named “Guerrilla Warfare” where in page 21 he says “....Whoever does feel this undoubted truth{revolution} can not be a guerrilla fighter.....”.In general,Doctor Che was a prominent communist figure(1956-1959).

Usually famous people make a strange decision which turn to be a fame/legend. Che was not backward in that for after April 1965 he dropped out of public life and was secretively though it is believed that at this time he was in Congo with other Cuban commanders helping to organize the Patrice Lumumba battalions for there was a civil war. It seems that the late Congo-Kinshasa's President Laurent Kabila had the privilege of learning guerrilla tactics from the great Field Marshal Enersto Che Guevara. The story does not end in central Africa. Where then it does end? It seems as if it ended on the autumn of 1966 when he went to the Bolivia incognito to lead a guerrilla group in the region called Santa Cruiz and tragically in 08/10/1967 his group was almost annihilated by a special detachment of the Bolivia Army,he was captured after being wounded and later believed to shot. Why did he accepted to die there? Listen to one of his best friend Castro; “The fact that Che was wounded while advancing on the Bolivia and allied soldiers was a very natural thing for him to have done. Also characteristics of him was the fact he continued to fight even though he had been seriously wounded...”

Was this really end of commander Che?. Let us hear a big “NO” from Castro “...It was their intention [Bolivian assassins] to deprive the revolutionary movement of its memorial symbol,site and focal point in Latin America. In short they are afraid of Che even after his death....who could deny the significance of Che's death?Its significance to us?And to the revolutionary?We must begin from the truth we know and turn Che`s example into our own invincible strength and push the revolution forward. Now is the time to firmer than ever in our new life,more prepared and determined to keep going straight ahead. 41? years after his death,who is Ce?Does he still alive? Of course his legends,he is still mythic figure and a celebrity,some call him an avenging angel,others a gentle figure redeemer,some warship him a saint patron Vellemgrade-Bolivia and is renamed “Santo Ernesto”. He is still loved globally and all over the World one can see watches,cups,calendars and T-shirts with a slogan “...it is better to die standing than to live on your knees..” and his picture with a red star revolution hat. He is still inspirational,charming and influential even after death. Here this “....a team of Cuban and Argentine scientists knelt in a deep pit before seven dirty skeletons...homed in skeleton number 2...Its skull shrouded by an olive arm jacket much like the one Che wore in photograph taken after his capture. Seconds before lifting a green jacket to expose the skull a Cuban geophysicist lowered his head in a gesture of respect. The crowd of journalist and local towns people that had gathered to watch fell silent. Then as the jacket was removed,several Cuban scientists broke down in sobs:Two hugged each other tightly. Everyone was overcome with emotional,not just the Cubans. He is still a Cuban secular saint remembered even by Cuban school kids every morning when they repeat in union; “...Pioneros Communistas seremos corno el Che..” meaning ..”Communist pioneers,we will be like Che”

So the hundreds of version about what happened to Che was over in July 1997 when his skeleton was excavated in the Bolivian Highlands,accompanied with a private military ceremony and a great anniversary in October.His body was then moved to Santa Clara where a museum was being built in the shadow of a 23-ton statue of the defiant Che gripping his rifle.His Argentine friend Alberto Granado claim that Che`s death was not a useless death and that he dead well.Bolivian propaganda claim that Che said “....I am Che Guevara and Iam defeated..” when he was captured but I join hand those who claim that he said “...Don`t shoot,I am Che Guevara and I am worth more to you alive than dead..” as his royal helper Willis threw down his rifle and exclaimed “...this is commander Guevara and he deserve respect...”No one can mar the fact that Che was confident unto death as he proves through his farewell “..I know you are going to shoot me,I have should never have been taken alive.Tell Fidel that this failure does not mean the end of revolution that it will triumph elsewhee.Tell Aleida [Che`s wife] to forget this,re-marry and be happy,and keep the children studying.Ask the soldier to shoot well...”

As usual,famous heroes and heroiness die early,as it was with Shaka,Martin.L. King JR. and Jesus Christ it was so it was with Che for he dead at a tender age of 39yrs. As it is sung “...When water run dry,one go to the road and die on bended knee...”That was the end of our mortal hero,a fighter doctor who attended both his own wounded solders and the enemies. What a Christ like character? One who was resting when caught with an asthmatic attack,he-the lover and the beloved of the childrean,the friend of all and an enemy of all forms of oppression,a man who was absolutely honest,completely selfless,constant perfecting his personality,a man who is still living in great minds and reviewed in media and films,field Marshal Commandat,Doctor Ernesto Che Guevara Lynch Dela Sena.

Through shun as a prodigal in his homeland of Argentina and label in the impearist,though he failed in all but one of his revolutionary adventure we admit that we will remember him as a paradigm.Let us be revolutionary like Che in our Education,in our politics and economy,in our social relation and even in our illogical religious bias.Let us join Nicolas Guillen to sing a poem of emphasis:

You are everywhere, In the Indians.In the black man. Like a young saint,we remember you each day... there is no peace salud Guevera! Oh better still,from the very depth of America,wait for us. We will leave with you,we want to die and to live, as you have died and live, as you live on... Che command ate Amigo

Let us join hand with Che and chant;Long live freedom,Reevolution high and higher.Away with oppression,Viva Che commandate ,we will be like Che!

Aluta continua Ou Morte Vinceremo!!!!
Adios Amigo Che Commandante.


Author: Chambi Chachage
The original Article as it was writen in 1998.

MCHANGO KWA SERA MPYA YA ELIMU NA MAFUNZO 2009

UTANGULIZI:
Kwa ujumla Sera mpya inashughulikia masuala muhimu na ya msingi kama vile kupunguza umri wa kuanza shule kutoka miaka saba hadi mitano; kuwekwa kwa utaratibu wa kuwatambua na kuwaendeleza watoto wenye vipaji maalum; kuanzisha polytechnics; kuongeza masuala ya TEHAMA na UJASIRIAMALI kwenye mtaala; pamoja na masuala mtambuka.

MAONI:

Kifungu Na 5.3 (elimu ya chekechea) Tamko Na. 4 na 5.4 (elimu ya awali) tamko la 3; na 5.5 (elimu ya msingi) tamko la 7 katika suala la ufanisi katika kutoa elimu bora ya msingi kwa wote na Tamko Na. 1 na 2 kwenye suala la kubaini na kuendeleza vipawa na vipaji vya watoto.

Matamko yote haya yanahusu kuwekwa kwa utaratibu wa kuwatambua watoto wenye vipaji katika vituo vya chekechea, madarasa ya elimu ya awali na shule za msingi kwa lengo la kuwaendeleza katika ngazi za juu. Hata hivyo nia hiyo haijaakisiwa kwenye kifungu 5.7 kichohusu Elimu ya Ualimu. Hapana budi kuwepo tamko la sera linalotilia mkazo kutolewa kwa mafunzo mahsusi kwa walimu (kazini na tarajali) katika ngazi zote kuhusu utambuzi na uhuishaji wa vipaji na vipawa vya wanafunzi. Hali kadhalika, tamko hilo lijumuishe umuhimu wa kuandaliwa kwa walimu ambao pia watakuwa washauri wa mieleko na kazi (Career counsellors). Ni dhahiri kuwa mafunzo ya hivi sasa yanayotolewa vyuoni hayakidhi haja hizi.

Pia hapana budi mfumo rasmi wa upimaji uwe na tamko juu ya kuwekwa kwa utaratibu utakao tilia mkazo na kusaidia uibuaji wa vipaji
Kifungu Na 6. 9 Utawala bora liongezwe tamko la sera lenye kuelekeza kuwa serikali itajuisha misingi ya utawala bora kwenye mtaala wa elimu katika ngazi mbali mbali ili kuwaandaa wananchi wenye fikra huru, wenye kujiamini, wazalendo na wawajibikaji na wenye kuhimiza uwajibikaji wa serikali na viongozi.

suala:
Utoaji wa chakula kwa wanafunzi
Pamoja na sera ya elimu na mafunzo ya 1995 tamko la sera 3.2.7 kuainisha kuwa serikali itaboresha programu za lishe na afya katika shule za msingi na vyuo; upo ushahidi kwamba zoezi hili ambalo umuhimu wake umethibitika na kuthibitishwa kitaalamu kwa tafiti mbalimbali, halikuweza kufanikiwa sana. Tafiti mbali mbali zinaonyesha kuwa, mbali ya maeneo yenye programu za utoaji chakula zinazosaidiwa na Mpango wa Chakula Duniani (WFP) kama Dodoma, Singida na Manyara na Arusha, pia yale yanayosimamiwa na miradi ya kijamii kama baadhi za wilaya za mkoa wa Kilimanjaro n.k; maeneo mengine ya nchi hayakuweza kufanikiwa sana katika kutekeleza zoezi hili.
Watoto wengi hususan wanatoka familia maskini zaidi wameendelea kwenda shuleni bila chakula. Wengine wamekuwa wakitoroka na wengine kuacha shule kabisa. Badala ya kutamka kimkakati zaidi, sera mpya imelieleza suala hili kijuujuu tu kama suala la huduma muhimu shuleni na vyuoni (Ukurasa wa 68), ambapo tamko la sera linaelekeza jukumu la serikali kuwa ni kuhimiza wazazi, jamii, serikali za mitaa na wadau wengine kuhakikisha kuwa huduma ya chakula bora......

Pendekezo.
Liongezwe tamko la sera kuwa serikali kwa kushirikiana na wadau itaanzisha mpango kabambe wa utoaji chakula bora kwa wanafunzi wa shule za msingi wawapo shuleni ili kuwavutia kubaki shuleni na kuhakikisha wananufaika ipasavyo na matendo ya kujifunza.

Suala la usawa wa kijinsia:
Tamko Na. 6 kuhusu kuwekwa utaratibu wa kuwawezesha wanafunzi wa kike wanaopata ujauzito kuendelea na masomo baada ya kujifungua; halina budi kukamilishwa na tamko jingine lenye kuelekeza kuwa serikali itaifanyia mapitio sheria ya elimu na kuelekeza namna ya kuwabana watu wanaowapa mimba watoto wa shule na kudhibiti mazingira yanayopelekea watoto wa shule kupata ujauzito.
suala la makundi yenye mahitaji maalum.
kuwepo na tamko kuwa serikali itaelekeza utaratibu wa kuandaa mazingira rafiki, ikiwemo ujenzi wa miundombinu rafiki kwa wanafunzi na walimu wenye ulemavu mbali mbali

Kuhusu suala la ufundishaji wa lugha: ukurasa wa 77
Kufuatia maelezo kuwa Kiswahili ni lugha adhimu ambayo nyumbani kwake ni nchini Tanzania hapana budi kuitazama lugha hii kuwa na hadhi zaidi ya kiingereza. Lugha ya Kiswahili ni tunu ya kipekee kwa nchi zaidi ya au sawa na mlima Kilimanjaro. Kiswahili ni miongoni mwa raslimali ambazo Tanzania inaweza kuzipeleka duniani katika dunia ya kitandawazi kwani imezidi kukua duniani.
Licha ya kigugumizi cha kuamua kuwa na lugha moja ya kufundishia nchini (KISWAHILI) Kuwepo na tamko la sera lenye kuelekeza kuwa wizara yenye dhamana ya elimu kwa kushirikiana na wizara nyingine kama yenye dhamana ya utamaduni na ya mambo ya nje na ushirikiano wa kimataifa itatoa maelekezo ya kukipa Kiswahili kipaumbele kama raslimali ya kipekee, kuikuza na kuitangaza, ikiwa ni pamoja na kuongeza idadi ya wahitimu mahiri wa lugha hii na kuendesha kampeni kabambe ya kuiingiza kwenye ulimwengu wa TEHAMA.

Suala la mfumo wa michepuo
Ukurasa wa 28 Tamko Na. 1 kuhusu kupanuliwa na kuendelezwa kwa utaratibu wa michepuo ya kilimo, biashara, ufundi na sayansi kimu.
kwa kuzingatia kuingizwa masuala ya TEHAMA na UJASIRIAMALI sambambaa na masuala mtambuka kwenye mitaala/mihtasari, ni vema sera itamke wazi kuwa itaifanyia mapitio mitaala ya masomo ya mchepuo (kilimo, biashara nk) ili kuifupisha na kuifanya iwe ya kivitendo na kijasiriamali zaidi au ikazie maarifa na stadi zinazopatikana kwenye mafunzo ya ujasiriamali. Vinginevyo hakuna faida kuwajazia wanafunzi mambo mengi ambayo hawataweza kumudu kuyashika.

CHANGIA

Tunapoandaa walimu wa Sayansi Pasipo "Sayansi"

Wiki iliyopita wizara ya Elimu na mafunzo ya Ufundi ilitoa miongozo mipya [Sylabus] kwa ajili ya kufundishia katika vyuo vya Ualimu kwa ngazi zote za cheti na stashahada. Pamoja na ukweli kuwa kwa kiasi fulani upimaji katika somo la Sayansi kwa njia yaVitendo umezingatiwa katika muhtasari hiyo Uchunguzi uliofanywa hivi karibuni umebainisha kuwa vyuo vya Ualimu 16 vya serikali hapa nchini havina maabara kwa ajili ya mafunzo ya somo la sayansi kwa vitendo.Kutokana na hali hiyo kwa muda mrefu sasa Balaza la Mitihani la Taifa limekuwa likiwatahini walimu katika ngazi ya Diploma na Cheti kwa njia ya Nadharia jambo linalopelekea kufa kwa misingi ya Sayansi kwa wanafunzi na walimu wetu.

Kama wadau wa Elimu hapa nchini tufanye nini kurekebisha hali hii? TAFAKARI!!!!

BORA CCM WAKISIKZA MANENO YA BABA WA TAIFA

Anaweza kuwa alifanya makosa, alikuwa binadamu;
Wanaweza kutofautiana naye nia kama viongozi, aliipenda zaidi Tanzania;
Wanaweza kujifanya wanamuenzi kinafiki; walianza tangu zamani;
HATA HIVYO NI VEMA, WAKASIKIZA NA KUZINGATIA MANENO YA MWALIMU ILI CHAMA NA TAIFA LISIENDE MRAMA:

"Kila mtanzania, kila mtu kijijini, kila mjumbe wa halmashauri ya wilaya, kila mbunge n.k lazima aweze kusema kwa uhuru bila hofu ya vitisho ama katika mkutano ama nje ya mkutano" J. K. Nyerere (1974) kwenye Binadamu na Maendeleo


"Watu wenye mawazo tofauti, hata kama wakiwa wachache, lazima wawe na haki ya kutoa mawazo yao katika majadiliano bila ya hofu ya kusumbuliwa; mawazo yao na yashindwe katika hoja za majadiliano, siyo kwa vitisho au mabavu." J. K. Nyerere (1974) kwenye Binadamu na Maendeleo.

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