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<strong>LITERACY</strong> <strong>AND</strong> <strong>ADULT</strong> <strong>BASIC</strong> <strong>EDUCATION</strong><br />
January / DWE ME ACEL<br />
Calendar<br />
February / DWE ME ARYO<br />
MON/ CENG BARAJA 5 12 19 26<br />
TUE/ CENG ARYO 6 13 20 27<br />
WED/ CENG ADEK 7 14 21 28<br />
THUR/ CENG ANGWEN 1 8 15 22 29<br />
FRI/ CENG ABIC 2 9 16 23 30<br />
SAT/ CENG ABICEL 3 10 17 24 31<br />
SUN/ CENG CABIT 4 11 18 25<br />
2<br />
0<br />
0<br />
9<br />
MON/ CENG BARAJA 2 9 16 23<br />
TUE/ CENG ARYO 3 10 17 24<br />
WED/ CENG ADEK 4 11 18 25<br />
THUR/ CENG ANGWEN 5 12 19 26<br />
FRI/ CENG ABIC 6 13 20 27<br />
SAT/ CENG ABICEL 7 14 21 28<br />
SUN/ CENG CABIT 1 8 15 22<br />
NINO MADITO<br />
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS<br />
Nino Mukwongo Mecako Mwaka Ceng Angwen 1/1/2009, New Year‛s Day Thursday 1 st /01/2009<br />
Nino Ma Kilaro Ki Lobo (Ma Yo Loc) Ceng Baraja 26/1/2009, Liberation Day Monday 26 th /01/2009<br />
Lotino mito lunyodo ma konyo kor pwonye gi ki gang, ki igang kwan<br />
Children need parents who support their learning activities both at school and at home<br />
Major Schools Events for<br />
January & February 2009<br />
♦<br />
♦<br />
Term one begins on Monday 2nd<br />
February 2009. (82 days)<br />
Education Week.<br />
♦<br />
♦<br />
Taam me acel cake iceng Baraja<br />
inino dwe 2 Dwe me aryo mwaka<br />
2009. (Bedo nino 82).<br />
Cabit ma ki kwero iye pwonye.<br />
Cwiny maber ma in lanyodo ikati lawede kwede ka konyo pwonye pa<br />
lotino, en aye yoo acel maweko lotino bedo ipwonye naka.<br />
Your involvement as a parent is a positive way of helping your children re main within the<br />
school system<br />
Literacy and Adult Basic Education (LABE), Plot 18 Tagore Crescent, Kamwokya P.O. Box 16176 Kampala, Uganda. Tel: +256-414-532116, Email: labe@africaonline.co.ug Website: www.labeuganda<br />
Northern Uganda: Plot 1 Jinnah Rd. P.O. Box 1030 Gulu, Uganda. Tel: +256 775 084253 West Nile Region: Yumbe District Headquarters, Education Department, P.O. Box 1 Yumbe, Uganda Tel: +256 712 832046<br />
Produced by LABE with Financial Support from DFID & Oxfam Novib
March / DWE ME ADEK<br />
<strong>LITERACY</strong> <strong>AND</strong> <strong>ADULT</strong> <strong>BASIC</strong> <strong>EDUCATION</strong><br />
MON/ CENG BARAJA 30 2 9 16 23<br />
TUE/ CENG ARYO 31 3 10 17 24<br />
WED/ CENG ADEK 4 11 18 25<br />
THUR/ CENG ANGWEN 5 12 19 26<br />
FRI/ CENG ABIC 6 13 20 27<br />
SAT/ CENG ABICEL 7 14 21 28<br />
SUN/ CENG CABIT 1 8 15 22 29<br />
NINO MADITO<br />
Calendar<br />
2<br />
0<br />
0<br />
9<br />
April/ DWE ME ANGWEN<br />
MON/ CENG BARAJA 6 13 20 27<br />
TUE/ CENG ARYO 7 14 21 28<br />
WED/ CENG ADEK 1 8 15 22 29<br />
THUR/ CENG ANGWEN 2 9 16 23 30<br />
FRI/ CENG ABIC 3 10 17 24<br />
SAT/ CENG ABICEL 4 11 18 25<br />
SUN/ CENG CABIT 5 12 19 26<br />
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS<br />
Nino Pa Mon Ceng Cabit 8/3/2009 Women‛s Day Sunday 8 th /3/2009<br />
Ceng Abic Malen Ceng Abic 10/4/2009 Good Friday, Friday 10 th /4/2009<br />
Ceng Paska Ceng Cabit 12/4/2009 Easter Sunday, Sunday 12 th /4/2009<br />
Ceng Baraja Mulubu Paska Ceng Baraja 13/4/2009 Easter Monday, Monday 13 th /4/2009<br />
Lotino niang maber dok oyot, ka kicako pwonyo gi ki leb ma gi<br />
ngeyo, ki ka gi ngeyo leb ma kiloko i cukul<br />
Children learn better and faster if early education is conducted in a familiar language<br />
and if they understand the language spoken in school<br />
2009<br />
Tyel kor pwonye ma kipwonyo lotino ki leb ma megigi<br />
opwonyo gi kwede weko pwonye pa lotino doko yot.<br />
♦<br />
♦<br />
Major Schools Events for March &<br />
April, 2009<br />
Primay Schools Games for the Visually Impaired<br />
- Monday, 23rd to Sunday 29th March 2009 in<br />
Gulu.<br />
Primary School’s Athletics - Monday, 30th to<br />
Tuesday, 31st March 2009 and Wednesday 1st<br />
to Sunday, 5th April 2009 in Gulu<br />
♦ Term one ends on Friday, 24th April 2009.<br />
♦<br />
Term one Holidays begin on Saturday, 25th April<br />
to Sunday, 24th May 2009 (30 days)<br />
♦ Pyemu tuku igangi pwonye pa lo too wang<br />
Baraja 23 nio iceng Cabit 29/3/2009 bibedo i<br />
Gulu<br />
♦<br />
Pyem ngwec igangi pwonye ma piny (primary)<br />
ceng Baraja nino 30 ki iceng aryo nino 31/3/2009<br />
ki iceng Adek nino dwe acel nio iceng Cabit nino<br />
dwe 5/04/2009 ki i Gulu<br />
♦ Taam me acel gik iceng Abic 24/4/2009.<br />
♦<br />
Yweyo me taam me acel cake iceng Abicel<br />
nino dwe 25/4/2009 nio iceng Cabit nino dwe<br />
24/5/2009 (yweyo bedo nino 30)<br />
Support Mother Tongue Education and increase your child’s chances of learning.<br />
Literacy and Adult Basic Education (LABE), Plot 18 Tagore Crescent, Kamwokya P.O. Box 16176 Kampala, Uganda. Tel: +256-414-532116, Email: labe@africaonline.co.ug Website: www.labeuganda<br />
Northern Uganda: Plot 1 Jinnah Rd. P.O. Box 1030 Gulu, Uganda. Tel: +256 775 084253 West Nile Region: Yumbe District Headquarters, Education Department, P.O. Box 1 Yumbe, Uganda Tel: +256 712 832046<br />
Produced by LABE with Financial Support from DFID & Oxfam Novib
May / DWE ME ABIC<br />
<strong>LITERACY</strong> <strong>AND</strong> <strong>ADULT</strong> <strong>BASIC</strong> <strong>EDUCATION</strong><br />
MON/ CENG BARAJA 4 11 18 25<br />
TUE/ CENG ARYO 5 12 19 26<br />
WED/ CENG ADEK 6 13 20 27<br />
THUR/ CENG ANGWEN 7 14 21 28<br />
FRI/ CENG ABIC 1 8 15 22 29<br />
SAT/ CENG ABICEL 2 9 16 23 30<br />
SUN/ CENG CABIT 3 10 17 24 31<br />
Calendar<br />
2<br />
0<br />
0<br />
9<br />
June/ DWE ME ABICEL<br />
MON/ CENG BARAJA 1 8 15 22 29<br />
TUE/ CENG ARYO 2 9 16 23 30<br />
WED/ CENG ADEK 3 10 17 24<br />
THUR/ CENG ANGWEN 4 11 18 25<br />
FRI/ CENG ABIC 5 12 19 26<br />
SAT/ CENG ABICEL 6 13 20 27<br />
SUN/ CENG CABIT 7 14 21 28<br />
NINO MADITO<br />
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS<br />
Nino Pa Cilam Iddi El Fitiri-------------------- Idd El Fitri ----------------------<br />
Nino Pa Lutic Ceng Abic 1/5/2009 Labour Day Friday , 1 st /5/2009<br />
Nino Pa Lucaden Remo Ceng Adek 3/6/2009 Uganda Martyrs‛ Day, Wednesday, 3 rd /6/2009<br />
Paco en aye kama okwongo ma latin nongo iye gin ma konye,ma mine<br />
kero me kwan, coc, ki tiyo cura.<br />
The home is the child’s fi rst and primary literacy resource<br />
Major Schools Events for May &<br />
June, 2009<br />
♦<br />
♦<br />
Term two begins on Monday<br />
25th/05/2009 (82 days)<br />
Taam me aryo cake iceng Baraja inino<br />
dwe 25/5/2009 (Bedo nino 82).<br />
In mono ibitimo ngo me yubu kabedo maber me pwonye i<br />
paco ni ma lotino romo ngongo iye pwonye ki i kin paco?<br />
What will you do to establish a condusive learning environment at home for your<br />
child?<br />
Literacy and Adult Basic Education (LABE), Plot 18 Tagore Crescent, Kamwokya P.O. Box 16176 Kampala, Uganda. Tel: +256-414-532116, Email: labe@africaonline.co.ug Website: www.labeuganda<br />
Northern Uganda: Plot 1 Jinnah Rd. P.O. Box 1030 Gulu, Uganda. Tel: +256 775 084253 West Nile Region: Yumbe District Headquarters, Education Department, P.O. Box 1 Yumbe, Uganda Tel: +256 712 832046<br />
Produced by LABE with Financial Support from DFID & Oxfam Novib
<strong>LITERACY</strong> <strong>AND</strong> <strong>ADULT</strong> <strong>BASIC</strong> <strong>EDUCATION</strong><br />
July / DWE ME ABIRO<br />
Calendar<br />
August / DWE ME ABORO<br />
MON/ CENG BARAJA 6 13 20 27<br />
TUE/ CENG ARYO 7 14 21 28<br />
WED/ CENG ADEK 1 8 15 22 29<br />
THUR/ CENG ANGWEN 2 9 16 23 30<br />
FRI/ CENG ABIC 3 10 17 24 31<br />
SAT/ CENG ABICEL 4 11 18 25<br />
SUN/ CENG CABIT 5 12 19 26<br />
2<br />
0<br />
0<br />
9<br />
MON/ CENG BARAJA 31 3 10 17 24<br />
TUE/ CENG ARYO 4 11 18 25<br />
WED/ CENG ADEK 5 12 19 26<br />
THUR/ CENG ANGWEN 6 13 20 27<br />
FRI/ CENG ABIC 7 14 21 28<br />
SAT/ CENG ABICEL 1 8 15 22 29<br />
SUN/ CENG CABIT 2 9 16 23 30<br />
Ka ce mon gukati kamaleng katino tic mo, ma kityelo kor tic<br />
gi, ci tic gi nyako nyige manen oyat oyat.<br />
When women are fully involved and empowered for a collective action, the benefits<br />
can be seen immediately.<br />
Man en aye kare ni maber atika me turo ariya ma ogengo jami<br />
mogo time ikare mukato angec kati atir, nyut peko ma tye kadiyo<br />
in kub lok ma nyuto gin mamite pi lotino, bot luloc ma gimoko tam<br />
ikom gin ma yubo dok medo rwom me pwonye.<br />
Major Schools Events for July & August<br />
♦<br />
♦<br />
Primary School’s Ball Games - Monday, 13th<br />
to Sunday, 19th July 2009 in Kasese<br />
National Music Dance and Drama Festival<br />
for Primary Schools, Wednesday, 19th to<br />
Sunday, 23rd August 2009<br />
♦ Term two ends on Friday 14th August 2009<br />
♦<br />
♦<br />
♦<br />
Term two holidays begin on Saturday, 15th<br />
August to Sunday, 6th September 2009 (24<br />
days)<br />
Pyem tuku Odilo pa lotino kwan primary<br />
bibedo i Baraja nino dwe 13 nio iceng Cabit<br />
nino dwe 19/7/2009 ki i Kasese.<br />
Kare ma kitimo iye pyem wee myel, Goga<br />
igangi pwonye ma pinyi (Primary) Bedo<br />
iceng adek nino dwe 19/ nio iceng Cabit inino<br />
23/8/2009.<br />
♦ Taam me aryo gik iceng Abic 14/8/2009.<br />
♦<br />
Yweyo me taam me aryo cake iceng Abicel<br />
nino dwe 15/8/2009 nio iceng Cabit nino dwe<br />
6/9/2009 (yweyo bedo nino 24)<br />
It is your turn to break down the barriers, show ‘where the shoe pinches’, communicate the<br />
children’s demands to decision makers and demand for more and better education.<br />
Literacy and Adult Basic Education (LABE), Plot 18 Tagore Crescent, Kamwokya P.O. Box 16176 Kampala, Uganda. Tel: +256-414-532116, Email: labe@africaonline.co.ug Website: www.labeuganda<br />
Northern Uganda: Plot 1 Jinnah Rd. P.O. Box 1030 Gulu, Uganda. Tel: +256 775 084253 West Nile Region: Yumbe District Headquarters, Education Department, P.O. Box 1 Yumbe, Uganda Tel: +256 712 832046<br />
Produced by LABE with Financial Support from DFID & Oxfam Novib
<strong>LITERACY</strong> <strong>AND</strong> <strong>ADULT</strong> <strong>BASIC</strong> <strong>EDUCATION</strong><br />
September / DWE ME ABONGWEN<br />
Calendar<br />
October/ DWE ME APAR<br />
MON/ CENG BARAJA 7 14 21 28<br />
TUE/ CENG ARYO 1 8 15 22 29<br />
WED/ CENG ADEK 2 9 16 23 30<br />
THUR/ CENG ANGWEN 3 10 17 24<br />
FRI/ CENG ABIC 4 11 18 25<br />
SAT/ CENG ABICEL 5 12 19 26<br />
SUN/ CENG CABIT 6 13 20 27<br />
2<br />
0<br />
0<br />
9<br />
MON/ CENG BARAJA 5 12 19 26<br />
TUE/ CENG ARYO 6 13 20 27<br />
WED/ CENG ADEK 7 14 21 28<br />
THUR/ CENG ANGWEN 1 8 15 22 29<br />
FRI/ CENG ABIC 2 9 16 23 30<br />
SAT/ CENG ABICEL 3 10 17 24 31<br />
SUN/ CENG CABIT 4 11 18 25<br />
NINO MADITO<br />
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS<br />
Nino Me Kwero Loc Ken (uhuru) Ceng Abic 10/9/2009 Independence Day Friday 10/9 th /2009<br />
Kati pa lunyodo ka doro yub ki loc me cukul en aye yoo acel ma cukul nyuto kortic<br />
ducu bot lwak.<br />
Yaro kamaleng gin matime i cukul dongo kace lunyodo bedo ii kacoke me ngiyo kit<br />
ma lotino gi tye ka timo kwede i gang kwan<br />
Parental involvement in school governance is a means of making schools more accountable to the society which<br />
funds them<br />
Accountability is developed through routine parents’ meetings and reporting systems on pupils’ progress.<br />
Major Schools Events for<br />
September & October<br />
♦<br />
Term three begins on Monday 7 th<br />
September 2009 (82 days)<br />
♦ National Teacher’s Day<br />
Celebrations<br />
♦<br />
♦<br />
Taam me adek iceng baraja inino<br />
7/9/2009 (Bedo nino 82)<br />
Kwero nino pa lupwonye.<br />
In mono ibidoko ngat ma kati ka timo tic matek me doro cukul kaka<br />
keto wangi me neno tic anena<br />
How will you change your passive involvement to active involvement in school governance?<br />
Literacy and Adult Basic Education (LABE), Plot 18 Tagore Crescent, Kamwokya P.O. Box 16176 Kampala, Uganda. Tel: +256-414-532116, Email: labe@africaonline.co.ug Website: www.labeuganda<br />
Northern Uganda: Plot 1 Jinnah Rd. P.O. Box 1030 Gulu, Uganda. Tel: +256 775 084253 West Nile Region: Yumbe District Headquarters, Education Department, P.O. Box 1 Yumbe, Uganda Tel: +256 712 832046<br />
Produced by LABE with Financial Support from DFID & Oxfam Novib
<strong>LITERACY</strong> <strong>AND</strong> <strong>ADULT</strong> <strong>BASIC</strong> <strong>EDUCATION</strong><br />
November / DWE ME APAR ACEL<br />
Calendar<br />
December/ DWE ME APAR ARYO<br />
MON/ CENG BARAJA 30 2 9 16 23<br />
TUE/ CENG ARYO 3 10 17 24<br />
WED/ CENG ADEK 4 11 18 25<br />
THUR/ CENG ANGWEN 5 12 19 26<br />
FRI/ CENG ABIC 6 13 20 27<br />
SAT/ CENG ABICEL 7 14 21 28<br />
SUN/ CENG CABIT 1 8 15 22 29<br />
2<br />
0<br />
0<br />
9<br />
MON/ CENG BARAJA 7 14 21 28<br />
TUE/ CENG ARYO 1 8 15 22 29<br />
WED/ CENG ADEK 2 9 16 23 30<br />
THUR/ CENG ANGWEN 3 10 17 24 31<br />
FRI/ CENG ABIC 4 11 18 25<br />
SAT/ CENG ABICEL 5 12 19 26<br />
SUN/ CENG CABIT 6 13 20 27<br />
NINO MADITO<br />
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS<br />
Ceng Karama (Nino nywalolalar) Ceng Abic 25/12/2009 X-mas Day Friday 25 th /12/2009<br />
Nino Me Miyo Mic Bot lu Peko nino Bokcing Ceng Abicel 26/12/2009 Boxing Day Saturday 26 th /12/2009<br />
Nino ma kiyubu ma lunyodo bino lumuku kaneno gin ma time ii<br />
gang kwan miyo kero, dok medo teko ki cukul me ribe ka timo tic<br />
alwak me tyelo kor pwonye.<br />
School open days promote, encourage and strengthen school - community partnerships,<br />
involvement and support.<br />
Major Schools Events for<br />
November & December<br />
♦<br />
♦<br />
♦<br />
♦<br />
Term three ends on Friday, 27th<br />
November 2009.<br />
Term three holidays begin on Saturday,<br />
28th November to Sunday, 31st January<br />
2010 (65 days)<br />
Taam me adek gik iceng Abic nino dwe<br />
27/11/2009<br />
Yweyo me taam me adek cake iceng<br />
Abicel nino dwe 28/11/2009 nio iceng<br />
Cabit nino dwe 31/1/2010 (yweyo bedo<br />
nino 65)<br />
Nino ma kilwongo lunyodo me bino ka ngiyo gin ma tye katime i cukul<br />
mite ni yub ne ki yub maber. Ki pok ngec bot jo ducu ma lok kom<br />
pwonye kwako gi, wek yub man obed mulil, myero pe ote kare malac.<br />
School open days require careful planning and coordination between all schools -community stakeholders.<br />
Keep school open days focused, short and exciting<br />
Literacy and Adult Basic Education (LABE), Plot 18 Tagore Crescent, Kamwokya P.O. Box 16176 Kampala, Uganda. Tel: +256-414-532116, Email: labe@africaonline.co.ug Website: www.labeuganda<br />
Northern Uganda: Plot 1 Jinnah Rd. P.O. Box 1030 Gulu, Uganda. Tel: +256 775 084253 West Nile Region: Yumbe District Headquarters, Education Department, P.O. Box 1 Yumbe, Uganda Tel: +256 712 832046<br />
Produced by LABE with Financial Support from DFID & Oxfam Novib
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