1500 elever fra Mengo Senior School, King's College budo og Rjukan vgs, deltok i "workshops" og debatter om korrupsjon, under årets ELIMU elevutveksling.
Tilbakemeldingene fra elevene viser både engasjement og innsikt
.... What we liked about the activity students debates
- The Topic was really challenging. We loved the fact that we selected the topic of debate for ourselves instead of it being imposed. A lot of discussion went into selecting this topic.
- Many people learnt about corruption. Often we don’t know that we are all responsible about corruption. We think it is ‘them’ yet we should say it is ‘us’. We must not be indifferent if we are to stop corruption in the world.
- I loved the coordination and cooperation of different teams. The ‘A’ levels planned with ‘O’ levels on different teams. We were also from different clubs (UN and Debating) and it was good to see that we were working together. In addition, our Norwegian Colleagues were in our teams.
- It enlightened many people about corruption. For me, I knew even before the debate that corruption was a global problem. I was certain there was corruption in Norway as well but I did not know what for it takes. You see, corruption starts with selfishness and in all societies, there are selfish people.
- I recommend that as a country, we should start teaching about corruption in schools, mat once a week, probably during Form Periods, very early in the morning; just one day a week. Then, all of us will realise that we need to fight this disease.
- “I learnt that Corruption in not ‘their problem’. It is ‘Our Problem, all of us’! We must think beyond ourselves, our families. We must consider the implications of our actions to society and the world”.
Confidence - om å være sammen med eldre elever
- I realized that I am better than some, if not many ‘A’ level students at debating. I think the ‘A’ level students can learn a thing or two from ‘O’ level students if they could interact more. We have many excellent debaters at ‘O’ level with different styles. We need more such joint debates.- It greatly boosted my confidence and prestige. Many ‘A’ level students remarked “But these bu-kids have really challenged us!”
- But they really respected us. True, during the debate there was excitement but they respected us; they did not boo us down and many of them actually supported us. It felt great being cheered on by ‘A’ level students when we made our points.
Perceptions and Stereotypes - om å være sammen med norske elever
The Project helped to challenge some of the stereotypes and misconceptions about the people from the NORTH. One student remarked “Many people have different perceptions about the Bazungu. I thought all of them were proud, arrogant, and rich and can’t fail in anything. Actually, when people see you with the Bazungu, they think you only do it because you want to get something from them (the Bazungu). But when I interacted with them, I realized that they were friendly, they were not proud and even asked when they did not understand. “
Lessons drawn by students from participating in the project
- If you want something done perfectly, do it yourself
- If you want corruption ended, don’t be corrupt
- Everyone must be given an opportunity to learn more about corruption. Many people unknowingly abate corruption.
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