A 15-days online course on “Ensuring Safe Drinking Water, Managing Grey Water and Faecal Sludge in Rural Areas” was conducted by the Rural Water and Waste Management Unit of CSE from December 1-15, 2022. There were 55 participants from India, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Tanzania and Ugandawho attended the training and they were researchers, academicians, industry specialists, NGO representatives, students and independent researchers.
The objective of the training was to provide knowledge, and share best management practices on training topics. The course was self-paced one including presentations, reading materials and recorded videos supported by case studies, which the participants can learn at their own convenient time. Three doubt clearing sessions were organized to interact with the participants on the topics covered, where interactive discussions can be done.
The participants interacted well through the online Moodle platform through discussions and experience sharing. The topic included different technologies to solve the drinking water issues in rural areas, the ways to manage grey water and treatment technologies of faecal sludge. The course covered different aspects of the topics required for a practitioner to work on the ground to solve the emerging issues related to rural water and sanitation.
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| I like the fact that the course instructors were very knowledgeable about the various topics. I wish the course period could have been longer to give us time to review and appreciate the content given. Alamai Marion, Ministry of Water and Environment, Uganda |
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| Increase this course duration to three weeks instead of two as the topics are vast and materials related to these topics are quite a lot. When increased to three weeks instead of two, we get ample time to go through all the provided study materials thoroughly. Soumi Sarkar, Student, IIT Guwahati |
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| I really appreciate the courses because I learn new things from it.Please initiate the special on campus program and award scholarship for it. Salisu Ibrahim, Federal Ministry of Environment, Nigeria |
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| Increase this course duration to three weeks instead of two as the topics are vast and materials related to these topics are quite a lot. When increased to three weeks instead of two, we get ample time to go through all the provided study materials thoroughly. Soumi Sarkar, Student, IIT Guwahati |
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| More of these trainings are required and I would personally wish to be given an opportunity in the physical meeting. Athieno Mary, Ministry of Water and Environment, Uganda |
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