The Responsibility of everyone in learning of the children

Before joining the Twaweza family, my thinking was different from how things are supposed to be done. I never knew i had a role to play towards improving the learning outcome of the children in Uganda. But there has been a shift in my mind from the time i joined Twaweza in 2011 as volunteer who participated in the collection of data from the household, currently i am passionately a volunteer with Twaweza as a District Contact Communication Person for Namutumba District where i feel im obligated to do a lot of work ranging from reminding the leaders on their roles, inspiring the citizens to take action towards the learning of their children. Learning of children does not necessarily take place at school only but it occurs at different levels. In the home (household) where a child base to attend school, the community where the child resides. The household first and foremost is a key player in the learning of the children as it has primary role in providing stability and basic materials the children to attend school, give time for the children to revise their books, without the materials the learning will never be achieved. The community is also important as this shapes the children create favorable conditions to attend school and learn. The roles and responsibilities of each stakeholder like the parents, local leaders, service providers and children community. But often what happens is that community has neglected their roles in the learning of the children only has put a common saying that "Museveni's children" meaning that they are all for the president something that has created a big gap in the learning. This situation also creates what i can term as " a single story" of teachers not performing their duties yet they also have a role to play as that of teachers.The teachers play their role when parents and communities have fully participated and are taking part in the learning of the children such that we can we can create a situation of a balanced stories towards the learning of our children, where there are no blames to put to each player. In conclusion everyone's little contribution however small it is can equally be important towards improving the learning of outcome of the Uganda child. Gideon Gwebatala Andrew DCCP Namutumba District