Implementation Reports on IPDC Projects Approved in 2009 - Unesco

CONCLUSION
THE PROJECT SHOULD PROCEED TO OFFICIALLY WIND UP, DESPITE CHALLENGES IN GETTING THE FINAL
REPORT DUE TO STAFF CHANGES AT THE UNIVERSITY.
IMPACT OF THE PROJECT CAN BE FELT THROUGH THE RECRUITMENT OF GRADUATES BY MAINSTREAM MEDIA
ORGANISATIONS. FOR INSTANCE 3 SAUT STUDENTS JOINED IPP MEDIA GROUP OF COMPANIES, WHICH IS ONE OF
THE REGIONAL MEDIA HOUSES IN EAST AFRICA, AND FOUR OTHER STUDENTS HAVE JOINED STAR MEDIA.
DEMAND FOR TELEVISION PRODUCTION TRAININS HAS ALSO SOARED. THE GROWING DEMAND BRINGS
CHALLENGES TO THE LIMITED RESOURCES AVAILABLE WHICH MIGHT LEAD TO TRAINING THROUGH GROUP
DEMONSTRATIONS INSTEAD OF HANDS ON AND INDIVIDUAL PRACTICAL TRAINING.
DESPITE THE ABOVE MENTIONED ACHIEVMENTS AND CHALLENGES, THE PROJECT IS CONTRIBUTING TO
DEVELOPING THE CAPACITY OF PRE-SERVICE JOURNALISM STUDENTS IN DIGITAL PRODUCTION SKILLS AT A
TIME WHEN TELEVISION BROADCASTING IS MIGRATING FROM ANALOGUE TO DIGITAL BROADCASTING.
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