GONGO LA MBOTO VS GOOD LEADERSHIP;

WHO IS A GOOD LEADER?

As we stand together in mourning the death of approximately 20 people killed on Wednesday night following explosions at a munitions dump in Dar es Salaam – Gongo la Mboto military barracks; and the loss of property, it is a good time to examine the role of good leadership in our country.

                               

Here is a question that we ask ourselves nowadays most of the times. What is a good leader like? How can you tell someone is a good leader? To understand this we must first understand the meaning of a good leader. Who is a good leader? A good leader is the person with the qualifications and who knows what he is doing, not only for one’s benefit but for many. Here are some qualifications of a good leader.

                                  A good leader is a person who keeps promises and honors commitments. A person who knows how to keep his word. A person who means what he says and who honors whatever he has to accomplish. Most of the leaders we choose nowadays might not have that qualification. They lie to us most of the time saying they will do this and that, but sometimes they never accomplish that. When we elect people, we sometimes do not think of the possibilities of what the person is saying to be a lie. A good leader holds this qualification.

                                   A good leader shares positive and negative information freely. A good leader does not lie about anything if the times are tough because no one is perfect in this world. Nobody can live his or her life without mistakes. A good leader shares things freely to people even if they are not good because we are not perfect. A good leader is always ready to get it out there whether it’s positive (good) or it does not please the people or himself.

                                   A good leader should be sincerely interested in others personal and professional life. He should be interested in his people in order to know what they really need. Being a president doesn’t mean taking care of yourself only but taking care of the nation too. It’s your first priority to provide for your nation. As a good leader, you have to get out of your office and go face the people in order to get the inside of them. To get to know what they really need and not just hear it from other people. As a leader you should be able to meet people’s need and wait for the needs to come to you because who knows they may not be what you think they are.  And you might not work on them as good as you could have if you could have approached them yourself.

                                   A good leader motivates others greatness. He or she must be a motivation to other people encouraging them to good things. Some people need a little bit of pushing in order for them to know how great a thing is to be, and as a leader you ought to lead people to the right directions and this is one of the things that you have to have qualification of being able to motivate people to great things or to actually do great things.

                                   A good leader should be a role model to people. As a leader, people must be inspired by you. You should apply as a good role model to the people. From the things you do to how you handle things. You should be a person that people can look up to, and follow your lead. A kind of person who knows what the term leading means and a person who cares about people enough to take the lead or the position as their role model.

                                     A good leader should be the one who accepts both criticisms and pride during work. As I said before, we all are not perfect which mean we do make mistakes sometimes. As a leader not everyone will accept or appreciate what you do. Not everybody will like what you do, which means you will have both good people and bad people after you and both good times and bad times.  But that is up to you to change or try to change the people around you by being a good role model to them and by trying to show them what is good or at least acceptable.

                                      I guess what I am trying to say is that we all have different views on the leaders we want to choose, but we should ask ourselves before doing this, is this the leader that should  lead me? Can this person be my role model? And for those who want to take the position of leaders, do you have the qualities of being one? Can you make promises and fulfill them? Will you be able to take all the criticism and the negative things from people? Well if you think you can, then don’t hesitate and if you think you can’t, then don’t go up there and hurt innocent people in the end. And for the rest of you choose the person that can really lead, and not someone who doesn’t qualify at all, without wise leadership, a nation falls; with many counselors, there is safety. Therefore we also wish all citizens who were injured and or maimed during the unfortunate blasts a speedy recovery. 

By ROSE TURUKA                      KCHS 2011

NINI CHANZO CHA UBOVU WA ELIMU TANZANIA?

ELIMU NI HAKI YA MSINGI KWA WANAFUNZI WETU.

Jedwali hapo chini linaonyesha matokeo ya hivi karibuni ya kidato cha nne, matokeo haya yameleta simanzi kwa wananchi wengi ambao wameyaita ni janga la taifa letu kutokana na ukweli kuwa kiwango cha kufeli kimekuwa ni kikubwa mno katika matokeo haya ya kidato cha nne ya  mwaka 2010-2011;

Maswali mengi yameulizwa kwa nini taifa limefikia katika hali kama hii; je lawawama ziende kwa serikali kwa kushindwa kutoa kipaumbele katika mfumo mzima wa elimu ya watoto wetu? Au ni tatizo la wanafunzi wetu (watoto wetu) kuto kuwa makini katika masomo yao (lack of seriousness)? Lakini tatizo hasa nini wakati taifa linafahamu wazi kuwa ELIMU NI HAKI YA MSINGI?

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Ni ukweli ambao haufichiki kuwa Tanzania haitaweza kuendelea na kustawi bila kuwa na elimu nzuri kwa watoto wetu ambao ndio msingi wa kesho wa mustakabli wa taifa letu. Hata kama tutakataa kwa msingi wowote ule ukweli utabaki pale pale kuwa  elimu yetu tukilinganisha na mifumo ya elimu ya nchi nyingine hasa zile ambazo zimeendelea na hata pengine zinazo endelea kama Tanzaania au zinazotuzunguku mfumo wetu wa elimu sio mzuri

Serikali inanadi vipi sera za elimu bora?

Serikali inatueleza kuwa katika miaka 49 ya uhuru imefanikiwa kupanua fursa za watoto na vijana wetu wengi sana kupata elimu ya awali, msingi, sekondari, ufundi na elimu ya juu.

  

Na kwa kutambua mafanikio haya yote  serikali bado inaendelea kutoa kipaumbele cha kwanza kwa bajeti ya elimu ili iweze kuajiri walimu wengi zaidi, kuongeza vitabu na vifaa vya kujifunzia na kufundishia. 

kuongeza matumizi ya teknohama katika utoaji wa mafunzo pamoja na kujenga uwezo wa wanafunzi na waalimu kiteknolojia ili kwenda sambamba na karne hii ya utandawazi.  

Aidha, inaendelea na mpango wake wa kujenga maabara za sayansi katika sekondari zetu zote. 

Serikali imesisitiza adhima ya kuchuakua hatua thabiti za kuboresha maslahi na mazingira ya kufanyia kazi ya walimu na watumishi wa sekta ya elimu.  

Serikali imekusudia kutenga pesa za kutosha katika kufikia malengo haya.

Tatizo liko wapi?

·        Msongamano wa wanafunzi katika shule zetu ambao hauendani na bajeti inayotolewa, vifaa vya kufundishia; vyumba vya kusomea ambavyo vitaweza kuwagawanya wanafunzi katika idadi ambayo ni rahisi kufundishika na kuelewa na kusaidiwa; Hivyo hushusha kiwango bora cha elimu;    

·        Ubovu wa huduma za jamii kama barabara, hospitali, maji safi na salama; ukosefu wa mishahara mizuri ya kuwamotivate walimu zaidi  kuingia katika taaluma hii; ni kweli kuwa  elimu ni silaha pekee ambayo inaweza kutusaidia kubadilisha dunia na maisha yetu, kwa msingi huu wale ambao wana elimu  sio tu elimu bali elimu bora  wananafasi kubwa ya kufanikiwa;

Je sisi tunataka nini?

Taifa linahitaji utekelezwaji wa haki hii ya msingi kwa vijama wetu yaani:

Elimu bora ambayo inatokana na walimu bora ambao wameshiba na wameridhika ma maisha yao kwa kupata haki zote wanazostahili kupata na wanawajibika kwa moyo bila mashaka

Mitaara ya elimu itayarishwe iendane na masomo yanayolingana na hali halisi ya maendeleo ya dunia ya sasa pamoja na masomo ambayo yanawavutia wanafunzi kujitafutia zaidi jitihada za kusoma?

Sababu nyingine zinazowafanya watoto wetu wasifanye vizuri shuleni ni pamoja na wanafunzi kuchukia shule kutokana na sababu za kitaaluma na kimazingira, shule zetu nyingi zina kosa vifaa muhimu ya kufundishia na kujifunza shule kama inakosa vitabu vya kiaada vifaa vya mahabara je unategeme kuwa kutakuwa na ubora wa elimu hapo? Mimi nasema hapana na tusitegemee miujiza kutoka katika shule zetu za serikali ambazo watoto wetu wengi ndiko wanakosoma.

Pale tutakapo amua kuacha maneno na kuanza kutekeleza maneno yetu kwa vitendo ndipo tutegemee kuona: watoto wetu wakifikia malengo yao ya elimu kupitia elimu bora na kufanikiwa kuondoa umasikini kwa kiwango kikubwa sana.

Pengine kwa akili tu ya kawaida tunaweza kusema kuwa serikali yetu inahusika katika kuharibu mfumo mzima wa elimu, kwa nini nasema hivi kwa msingi huu mmoja mkubwa elimu inapasa iwaguse na kuwahusu moja kwa moja watoto wetu; mahitaji yao yanatakiwa yatiliwe mkazo kwanza kabla ya mambo mengi ya serikali,

Inatakiwa mtoto wa kitanzania kwenda katika shule nzuri inatakiwa iwe ni haki yake ya kikatiba, watoto wafundishwe na walimu ambao ni wazuri ambao wanapokea mishahara mizuri na wanavifaa vizuri vya kufundishia

KWA NINI SHULE BINAFSI ZINAFANYA VIZURI?

Nini kinatokea katika shule za binafsi wana walimu wazuri ambao wanlipwa vizuri na wanavifaa vya kutosha sasa nini tutegemee kutoka kwao ni daraja la kwanza na watoto wakifeli ni daraja la pili;    

Wazazi nao wanamchanga mzuri sana  katika maendeleo ya watoto wao, wazazi wahusishwe katika maswala ya watoto wao mzazi ajue ratiba ya maendeleo ya motto wake na ahusike katika maisha ya kawaida ya watoto wao; tukifanikiwa kufanya kama wenzetu wan chi zilizoendelea tutasonga mbele, ni kitu kizuri kuona wazazi wakishiriki moja kwa moja katika maisha ya kawaida ya watoto wao na motto sipomwona mzazi wake katika maswala mbalimbali ya shule anasikitika na mzazi nina muuma pia.

Shule zetu zisijikite sana katika maandalizi ya mitihani tu zijikite vile vile katika kuwasaidia watoto wetu katika kujiandaa na maisha yao.

JE WANAFUNZI WANAOSOMA SHULE ZA KATA WANA HAKI SAWA NA WALE WA MIJINI? JE TUNAJADILI PIA MATOKEO YA SHULE ZA KATA/VIJIJINI?

Je shule zetu za vijijini zinafikiwa vipi katika maendeleo ya elimu?

Tunafahamu kuwa wazazi wetu wengi ambao wako vijijini hawawezi kuwasaidia watoto wao kwa vile hata wenyewe wahajeelimika vyakutosha na hata wakati mwingine wanaona aibu kujadili mambo ya shule kwa vile hawajui;

Matokeo yake wanafunzi wengi wanajikuta wakishiriki zaidi katika shughuli za kilimo ( Elimu ya Kujitegemea na kuwafanyia walimu wao kazi majumbani);

NINI KINAWAFUKUZA WALIMU WAZURI KAMA WAKO KATIKA SHULE ZA KATA/VIJIJI?

Kutokana ubovu na huduma duni za jamii si rahisi kuwapata walimu bora kwenda kufundisha vijijini wengi watapendelea kubaki mijini;

Hata serikali inajikuta katika wakati mgumu wa kupeleka huduma kama vitabu, nafasi nyingi ambazo zimezcha wazi kutojaza mara moja, hata pale zinapojazwa zinakuwa na walimu ambao sio wazoefu na wazuri kitaaluma.

Ni mara nyingi sana walimu ambao wanfundisha katika shule za vijijini wanaweza wakawa wanafundisha muda mfupi ukilinganisha na wenzao wa mijini kutoka na sababu kama vile wanatakiwa kutembea umbali mkubwa kwa ajili ya kwenda kutibiwa, kuchukua mishahara, kwa ajili pengine ya kwenda kwa ajili ya mafunzo ya  au kutembelea familia zao;

Wlimu wengi wanakuwa hawana nyumba za karibu na shule pengine na wakati mwingine inawapasa kutembea kwa miguu umbali mkubwa kwenda kufundisha asubuhi hali hii inaweza kusababisha kuanza vipindi kwa kuchelewa;

Swala la ukaguzi na utendaji wa walimu ni tatizo pia kutoka na tatizo sugu la usafiri hata wakaguzi hawatembelei shule hizo kuona maendeleo yake mara kwa mara;

HITIMISHO

Lazima tukubali kuwa kuwa na walimu bora ambao wanavifaa vinavyotakiwa kwa ajili ya elimu bora huleta tofauti kubwa sana kwa wanafunzi wetu na sifa kubwa kwa taifa letu; taifa lisipokuwa tayari kubadilika tutaendelea kunyosheana vidole kuhusu matokeo ya wanafunzi wetu kila mwaka kama jedwali la hapo chini linavyoonyesha, kwa ujumla ni aibu kubwa kuona watoto wetu wanafeli kwa kiasi kikubwa namna hii, na kubaliana na wengi ambao wamediriki kusema kuwa hili ni janga la kitaifa ni vyema kama tulitafutia ufumbuzi wa haraka; washauri wa serika li yetu mnashauri nini?

Na lazima tukubali kuwa elimu bora kuanzia chekechea mpaka chuo kikuu ni haki ya kila mwanafunzi katika jamii hii ya kitanzania; viongozi wetu wanapaswa kulijua hilo na kulielewa hilo na kulitekeleza kwa moyo woto na kwa faida ya wote;

Swali la kujiuliza ni hili pamoja na faidia zote zitokanzao na elimu, kwa nini serikali yetu bado haioni faida ya kuwekeza zaidi katika elimu? “Imesahau kuwa Elimu ni mtaji wa msingi kwa jamii?” Je serikali inaogopa kuwekeza kwenye elimu kwa sababu ya ushindani kutoka kwa wananchi katika kuwaongoza? Ni ukweli kuwa jamii ikiwezesha kwa elimu bora matokeo yake ni kuwa hawatakuwa tayari kukubali kuburuzwa na kudanganywa danganya pengine na sera ambazo hazieleweki;

Emmanuel A Turuka

Kzoo MI

TAFAKARI YA MIAKA 49 YA UHURU KATIKA PICHA

Je tunapata tafakari gani kutokana na picha hizi hapa juu? nini tunaweza kujifunza mwenendo wa taif aletu tuko wapi na tunatoka wapi na tunaelekea wapi? je nini kifanyike katika kuleta hali tofauti kutokana na picha hizi kwa taifa letu?