Gertrude Abalo-Principal Fisheries Training Institue

1.0 PERSONAL INFORMATION

• Name
• Date of Birth
• Place of Birth

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• Nationality
• Marital Status
• Profession
• Current Employment Post
• Contact Address
• Office Tel. No.
• E-mail
• Personal Mob. Tel. No.
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Abalo Gertrude

5^th April 1962

Lukung – Lamwo District-Uganda

Female

Ugandan

Married

Scientist

Principal

Fisheries Training Institute P.O. Box 124, Entebbe (U).

+256-41-323010

[email protected]

+256-772-681269

 [email protected]

2.0  EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

2.1  Formal Education and Certificates obtained.

• Uganda Advance Certificate of Education (1985) at Dr. Obote College, Boroboro, Lira (U).
• Uganda Certificate of Education (1980) at Sacred Heart Girls’ S. S. S., Gulu (U)
• Primary Leaving Certificate (1977) at Padibe Girls’ P.7 School, Kitgum

2.2.      Professional Training and Qualifications obtained

• M.A. degree in Public Policy Planning and Management at Kampala International University (2005 – 2010).
• Post Graduate Diploma in Education at Makerere University (1994 – 1995).
• B.Sc. degree in Botany/Zoology at Makerere University (1985 – 1989).

C.V – Abalo Gertrude

3.0  EMPLOYMENT RECORD IN PUBLIC SERVICE

3.1  Field Extension Service and Fisheries Management Appointments

·         Fisheries Officer in Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries/Fisheries Dept. (1994 – 2005).

3.2  Education Service Appointments

• “Lecturer” at Fisheries Training Institute, Entebbe, MOES/Dept. of Business, Technical, & Vocational Education and Training (BTVET) (2005 – 2008).
• “Principal” at Fisheries Training Institute, Entebbe, MOES/Dept. of Business, Technical, & Vocational Education and Training (BTVET) (2008 -2010).
• “Principal” at Fisheries Training Institute, Entebbe, MAAIF (2010-2013)

4.0  MAJOR PROFESSIONAL ASSIGNMENTS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR 

4.1  Training Assignments in Tertiary Institutions: Lecturing;

·         Certificate and Diploma course in Fisheries Management and Technologies; course units: Fish Biology, Fisheries Resource Management & Extension Education, Project Planning & management at FTI (1994 – 2010).

4.2   Responsibility Assignments at FTI, Entebbe.

• Academic Registrar (1996 – 2006)
• A member of the FTI Governing Council (1999 – 2006)
• Secretary to the Governing Council (2007 – 2009)
• A member of Fisheries Training Curriculum Development and Review             

          (2000 – 2007).

• A member of Disciplinary Committee (1995 – 2006)
• Officer in Charge Gender and Social Affairs (1998 – 2006)
• Secretary to the FTI Academic Board (1995 – 2006)
• Secretary to the FTI Board of Examiners (2007 – 2009)
• Supervisor of Field Research Projects on Fisheries Resource Management

      (1994 – 2006)

·         Chairperson of the FTI Academic Board (2007-2011)

C.V – Abalo Gertrude

5.0  National Assignments.

• Trained as a National Education Assessor under the Education Standard Agency (Technical and Vocational Institutions) (2002 – 2011)
• A member of the Planning Committee of the National Fisheries Frame Survey (2000 – 2009)
• A member of the National Human Resource Development in the Implementation of the Fisheries Management Programme under Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization

     (2006 – 2008)

• Secretary to the National Specialized Tertiary Institutions Forum Ltd (NASTIFO)

     (2007 – 2013)

• A member of Education Committee, Kulika Uganda (2009 – 2010)
• Chairperson Biological Committee Uganda Business Technical Examination Board (UBTEB) (2011 -2013)
• Representative of the Principals’ on the Uganda Business Technical Examination Board (UBTEB).

6.0    ATTENDANCE OF  TRAINING, WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES

• Attended and participated in various National and International Workshops and

     Conferences through nomination by Government of Uganda/Fisheries Development.

     Example: 

     Regional Workshop for Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization to attend Training     of      Trainer for the implementation of the Involvement  of the Community in the

     Co-management of the Fisheries Resource of Lake Victoria, Musoma, Tanzania, (2007).      UNESCO – Education for Sustainable Development at Kampala, Uganda, (2011)

     DANIDA – Public Private Cooperation at Copenhagen, Denmark, (2011)

7.0        DECLARATION

• I, the undersigned person, hereby declare to the best of my knowledge that the

above information given is correct in all respects.

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Gertrude Abalo

Date:13^th October, 2011