Welcome to National Polytechnic Bamenda

  Praise the Lord!The results of the long awaited Higher National Diploma (HND) examinations were published on Friday 30th August, 2013. Frans was successful for which we are so thankful to the Lord for his goodness. After two years of hard work, internship, writing a research paper and schooling every weekend plus keeping his full time job the Lord has indeed blessed him with success.
What Next?
School begins again sometimes in October and for two more semester, Frans will study to graduate with a Professional bachelor's degree (BTech) in Education, specializing in Guidance and Counseling (GAC).

The B.I.B.L.E (Bible)

The BIBLE, yes thats the book to have
I stand alone in the word of God
the BIBLE.
The BIBLE, yes thats the book to read,
I stand alone in the word of God
the BIBLE
The BIBLE, yes thats the book for me
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the BIBLE
The BIBLE, yes thats the book to buy
I stand alone in the word of God
the BIBLE

Helen paging through her new TEV Bible

Leadership Tips...

# Fix The Problem, Not The Blame.

# Tell People What You Want, Not How To Do It.

# Manage the function, not the paperwork.

# You never have to make up for a good start.

# Get out of your office.

# Lead by example.

# Delegate the easy stuff.

# Quality is just conformance to requirements.

# Learn from the mistakes of others.

# Set S.M.A.R.T. Goals.

# Set an example.

# Know Your G.P.M. ( Goal + Plan + Measurements )

# Train Your Supervisors.

# You Can't Listen With Your Mouth Open.

# Practice what you preach.

# Leaders create change.

# Don't Limit Yourself.

# Anyone can steer the ship in calm waters.

# You have to make a difference.

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Friendship recognizes faults in friends but does not speak of them...

True friendship acknowledges imperfections, accepts them as part of our individual makeup, and focuses on our positive aspects instead of expounding upon our faults. Your friends don’t like you to comment upon their failings any more than you like them to criticize you. When your friends are discouraged or disappointed in themselves, a word of encouragement will serve much better than a sermonette. To be the kind of friend you would like to have, be a good listener, offer advice when you are asked for it, and treasure the trust that your friends have placed in you. Praise them for their achievements and sympathize when they fall short, but avoid offering “constructive criticism” or playing devil’s advocate. Most of us expect more from ourselves than anyone else ever would, and we are painfully aware of our shortcomings. We don’t need to be reminded of them by our friends. [NHF, August 15th 2013]

2013 CABTAL Personnel Forum

5th-9th August 2013 was another opportunity for all CABTAL staff to get together this time at the new Bamenda Regional Training Center (BRTC). Topic was "Stewardship in Service". Key verse "... So then men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the secret things of God. Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful."". We enjoyed a time of sharing experiences encountered in Bible Translation, wonderful devotions, working in sessions in departments and in sessions as a big group. Wonderful presentations were given the steps involved in Bible Translation; what is Linguistics and why Linguistics in Bible Translation, Church Engagement etc We hard a speaker Rev. Ngoh Joel of Hope Baptist Church Ndamukong speaking for three days. He really challenged us with his messages on: - Stewardship in Ministry: You can't steward if you are not a servant. If you truly want to be a servant of God, you must deal or allow God deal with your values. Ambition can be a problem unless we are like mindedness with Christ in our ambition. Hierarchical problems can be an issue because value positions unless they remind themselves of their position in Christ - Examples of Servants: Experiences make a lot of meaning to us in our culture. First example of a servant is God himself. Rebekah, Ruth/Boaz, Dorcas. In our days of much insecurity, being a servant is not without challenges. Christians don't just listen but they do what the word of God says - What a servant should do: Use your gifts to serve others. As Africans, we are so dependent on our thinking which doesn't help us at all. A stewards primary goal is to be faithful. The gospel is God's total response for man's total need. The steward must be faithful. A steward should be industrious and not lazy. Stewards need to be accountable

Learning that L.A.S.T.S

July 29 to August 2nd, 12 participants from different areas of Cameroon came together at BRTC to take the Advanced Learning that LAST training. Here are some of the things were were working on amongst others Learner Centered: "Don't teach content, teach peope" Action with Reflection: "Don't just do something, sit there" Solving Problems: "Necessity is the mother of invention, problems are the mother of learning" Teamwork: "All of us are smarter than any of us" Self Discovery/Self Direction: "He teaches best who teaches least" As you plan to teach an event, make sure your lesson has the following parts: Connection: Maybe a get together with the participants to get to know each other before the even proper begins. Connections could also come in during devotions. Content Take the essential content from your WHAT. How many modules will be needed? It is better to have one Learning Task per piece of content. Learning Tasks are the building blocks of modules. What knowledge will learners need? How could they acquire this knowledge? What attitudes do they need? How could the acquire these attitudes? ChallengeIs there an opportunity in the event you are planning for them to practice the content? What skills do they need? How could they acquire these skills? This is part of the workshop where you see immediately if they have acquired the K,S,A's you have been aiming for. Change How will they take this learning into the future? Think about your Indicators of Learning How can they set goals or make plans for putting into practice what they have learned when they get back into their context? Closure How will you bring the event into a meaningful closure? In order to get the Resources and Needs Assessment, you need to ASK, Study and Observer your learners. 3 indicators of learning are: Immediate: Commitment > During or before the workshop comes to an end Transfer: Actually doing it, maybe one month after the training event Impact: More people involved maybe a community Knowledge is what you need to know in order to practice a skill Evaluating learning involves collaborating with all stakeholders in setting evaluation goals, planning what learning will be evaluated and how it will be evaluated

Purge out the leaven

At church today, the preacher links from communion homily to sermon on the topic, "Purge out the leaven" We all have something in us that is not good which are are suppose to purge out. Most often than not, we are not taking care of that but rather finding faults in others even without proof. Some people are even excommunicated from villages as witches and wizards when they are innocent. As for Christians, we should rejoice in that someone is sent away as a witch or wizard but in that someone turns to Christ. The Christian life is that of purging out and that is exactly how we can grow. 1Cor. 5:1-2 M kér gháʼ feyì fó yu ji wìr wùmòʼ lò ne, e kèʼ joonè e věn mvəm, a bó yòʼ dzə̀ wo dzə̀ wír wo bó wù yòʼ fə̀m kiìn Nyùy wàa mùm. M yú ji wìr wùmòʼ shìíy e wiiy tàr wov. Vèn yén kfəə́ joònè vən, kfə̀n raʼsì wún ji ka? Bo vèn kì yíi a dìy dìyìn. Vèn kér fó fəə́r wír wo wù yiìn kfəə́ kinyò kee ben fəə́rín fo věn mvəm