Start Date
10-8-2010 3:30 PM
End Date
10-8-2010 5:00 PM
Description
This paper examines the challenges that are being faced by the School for International Training (SIT) program in operating in a country that has experienced a plethora of international organizations in most of its districts. The paper locates the challenges in the wider framework of the operations of international education and draws on the current situation in Uganda’s selected districts to demonstrate how the competition between other international organizations (this includes educational institutions such as Universities and training wings of International Non Governmental Organizations) has narrowed the practicum catchment area for the SIT program. Divided into three sections, the first part provides a brief history of international education in Uganda tracing the operations of SIT and other key renowned institutions. In the second section, the challenges SIT faces are examined and in the last part recommendations are made towards addressing these challenges.
International Education and International Organization Relations: Challenges of Obtaining practicum opportunities
This paper examines the challenges that are being faced by the School for International Training (SIT) program in operating in a country that has experienced a plethora of international organizations in most of its districts. The paper locates the challenges in the wider framework of the operations of international education and draws on the current situation in Uganda’s selected districts to demonstrate how the competition between other international organizations (this includes educational institutions such as Universities and training wings of International Non Governmental Organizations) has narrowed the practicum catchment area for the SIT program. Divided into three sections, the first part provides a brief history of international education in Uganda tracing the operations of SIT and other key renowned institutions. In the second section, the challenges SIT faces are examined and in the last part recommendations are made towards addressing these challenges.