Blending Local Government Authorities and Grassroots for Industrial Economy through Participatory Development Communication: Experience from Bahi District, Dodoma Region

Mwakisisya, Hagai Joseph; Cyprian, Sebastian; Rugeiyamu, Rogers

doi:10.29322/ijsrp.10.02.2020.p9839

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“…Participatory approach creates a sense of ownership, self-reliance and reduces dependency syndrome among the grassroots. (Mwanga 2011, Mwakisisya et al, 2020 Community participation is akin to self-mobilization realized when people develop contact with external institutions for resources and technical advice but retain control over how resources are used(Pretty1995).That is only possible if local government, which is a veritable instrument for rural development is well equipped to sensitize and mobilize the various communities in their areas of authority in order to get involved in the overall development process (Ezeani 2006) Along the same line, Tahir et al (2014) observe that local authorities constitute a human resource that attains improvement in performance when participate in training and development activities. Providing adequate training to the employees enables them to be up to date and competent in their jobs (Hall and Le Cavalier, 2000).…”

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Meeting On-job Adult Learners’ Special Needs: Insights from Improved Opportunities and Obstacles to Development (O and OD) System’s Trainings in Tanzania

Mwakisisya¹

2020

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Community participation is a precursor to development, yet, its nurturing calls for enormous efforts and time. It is against this backdrop the government of Tanzania in collaboration with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is rolling out Opportunities and Obstacles to Development project (O and OD) through training of the local government staffs. The study seeks to identify and examine the methodologies employed in O and Od trainings. It focuses on the adults' special needs and the extent to which they are embodied in the implementation of the training. This study employed interviews, Focus Group Discussion, documentary review as well as observation in data collection. The collected data were analyzed through thematic analysis in which themes were generated. This study upholds the fact that adult learners are special because: they know why they learn something; they need to be seen and treated as capable and self-directed; they have vast learning resource from life experience, and their need to learn what will help them confront their real-life situation. To cater for the above needs, the O and OD trainings employ various strategies such as: role-plays that are performed by trainees themselves, field study visits to different places where O and OD is being implemented and case studies which are also widely used to provide trainees with the first hand experiences. These methodologies give the trainees a first-hand experience which improves their problem-solving skills in the field.

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Meeting On-job Adult Learners’ Special Needs: Insights from Improved Opportunities and Obstacles to Development (O and OD) System’s Trainings in Tanzania

Mwakisisya¹

2020

JESP

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Blending Local Government Authorities and Grassroots for Industrial Economy through Participatory Development Communication: Experience from Bahi District, Dodoma Region

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Meeting On-job Adult Learners’ Special Needs: Insights from Improved Opportunities and Obstacles to Development (O and OD) System’s Trainings in Tanzania

Meeting On-job Adult Learners’ Special Needs: Insights from Improved Opportunities and Obstacles to Development (O and OD) System’s Trainings in Tanzania

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