way to encourage grils education in South Sudan

In my plan, I suggest teaching strategies can play major roles in encouraging girls education in south Sudan. when girls are actively allow to participate in learning, they will be motivated and get concern about their education.  specially allowing girls to participate in group inquiry- based project, where they carryout or collect data, or information in a given topic, presenting their findings and later, they are allow to debate about their findings. Hence will remove fear away from some girl who are fearful and also allow them to escape some of the domestic work at home and give them more time for their study. since this group inquiry-base activities will account for their promotion to the next class. By doing this parents will understand that, if they don't give time for their girls to do those group work, she will fail at the end of a year and will be wastage of resources or money pay for school fees, as she will be repeating the same class. some of this inquiry-based activities should be related to everyday life. Those activities will encourage them to get feedback from other peers and add on to their motivation towards education. By doing so, it will encourage more girls in science subjects.

Goals/ Plans upon my return to South Sudan

• To teach students in secondary schools or at university level.
• To participate in any educational development at States level or National.
• To participate in professional development program for science teachers.
• Act as role model, to motivate and encourage girls and students generally in science education.

                   In fact, all the lessons I learnt are valuable, I have learnt a lot and I don't know where to begin and where to end. I have learnt a lot from Research class, the conferences that I attended, leadership class, the curriculum and the elective that I am taking in this semester. I have at least what to say in each course work, so they are all important  and useful for me. Through teaching I will achieve all those goals that I hope to achieve. For example, if I will teach in the university Research methodology, it will not be like the research methodology which had been taught for undergraduate students in those years, where students didn't know even which research methodology they used for their research studied. students have to present and defend their research study in order to get right feedbacks like what I have seen and observed from the conferences that I attended. I also learnt how to write legislative draft and writing grant proposal from leadership course, which will help me to participate in educational development at State and National level through reviewing and redesigning educational policy at State and National level. I have learnt how to design Units for teaching in curriculum course and still I will learn more in methods of teaching science education from my elective course. This knowledge will help me to participate in professional development program for secondary science teachers, like organizing trainings for secondary science teachers in the government universities during holidays such that they are taught how to apply inquiry-based  approach in their lessons. But what I need is PEACE  PEACE  in South Sudan in order to have good yield in Science Education. 

POOR QUALITY OF EDUCATION

                               In our group, we talked about insecurity. Under it, I took poor quality of education. During conflict, there will be insecurity and therefore no proper and effective teaching since many of qualified teachers will be displaced and others are the victims of the conflict, leading to poor quality of education in the country. Also during conflict, the security of most materials like textbooks which are supportive for both teachers and students are destroyed, hence leading to poor quality of education. Education in emergency are not effective since most of the teachers who are voluntary and unqualified. For example, when I was in senior six, we had physics teacher who sat in senior six and failed was assigned to teach us because there were no physics teachers. He taught us and sat with us during examination and passed very well. Is like, he was teaching himself alone. Therefore when there is insecurity, education is infective.

THE SHEDD AQUARIUM
In shedd Aquarium I saw many species of fish which were taught for me in secondary school and university, but I haven't seen them alive. example Ray fish, Star fish and many others. Based on my observation, I felt if such aquarium can be build along River Nile, like say (Nile Aquarium). how much shall the government of South Sudan earn yearly. which will enable government to get revenue in other different source, instead of depending on the oil revenue only. this will also benefit many states of South Sudan, since around five states of South Sudan lies along River Nile. 

              WHAT I HAVE LEARNED FROM THE CONFERENCE.
Generally, in this conference, I have learned different ways of presentation which will help me much in the nearest future. Specifically I learned a lot from Save the Children; opportunities and contributions of IU graduate students. like James Brown who talked about Malawi and related the problems facing educational system to that of South Sudan. For instance lack of trained teachers and lack of supporting materials in the field of teaching. It made me, to ask for suggestions to solve the issue of lack of materials according to his understanding. but his answer didn't satisfy me . However, professor Margret gave me an answer that made me think deeply and I think, I have to make something happen in the nearest future to solve the issue, if my head is still on my neck. 

What approach should South Sudan taken in developing a History Curriculum. And why?
              South Sudan should use; WORLD HISTORY APPROACH
To my understanding this approach includes a lot of things which are important to the students, teachers and the communities of South Sudan. like uses of agriculture, civilization, revolution, origin identity and many others compare to political approach which may encourage conflict, differences misunderstanding among the students.

                                               My experiences at Indiana
I started my journey from Juba for master programs in education at Indiana University and is a mission of return immediately after the completion of my course for one year unlike Dr .Julia who started her journey from Juba to Indiana, Bloomington for resettlement as a citizen in USA.However, the behavior of people in Indiana surprise me in the same way as that of Dr Julia. Like no greetings, dressing of youth, paying tax in every items and reading of the courses are far different from that of our universities in south Sudan.