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Contributions to activities are justified

The project justification is one of the most crucial parts of a proposal. You can use it to convince the potential donor that your project is of ultimate importance for your community and elucidate the ways in which, by developing this project, you will consistently achieve your set goals (social, economic improvement or the resolution to a specific problem).

Project Justification is about trying to explain why we need to implement a particular solution to the problem we have narrated above. We need to tell donors why this is the best solution to address the problem.

Research the issue your project addresses in depth. Identify the causes of the problem and, if possible, list the ways in which other projects have already successfully addressed similar issues. Once you have this material, write in simple words what your project is about and what your main goal is (remember to set achievable and realistic goals for your project!).

For example, if we are proposing a microfinance intervention for poor families so that they can make some savings to educate their children, then we need to justify this part by specifically saying that people are interested in microfinance and they have been some self-help group activity going on in the area. Besides, there are opportunities available for such microfinance activities in the area like for example banks are willing to provide small loans to organized microfinance groups.

Similarly, if we are proposing computer centers to train and generate employment opportunities for youths, then we can justify this intervention by saying that the local government policy is providing support to such an activity in form of some support, maybe infrastructural or subsidy.

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Oral Contributions to Tutorials and Seminars

The following criteria are applied when assessing general oral contributions to classes:

      -Coherence: clear and audible speech; development of argument in clear steps; consideration of possible counter-arguments.


      -Relevance: focus on the points at issue, avoiding wandering from the subject at hand; use of pertinent examples.


      -Conciseness: making points with appropriate brevity.


      -Awareness of others: a good oral contributor does not dominate proceedings, but contributes to the generation of discussion between the various members of the class.


      -Maintenance of interest: enthusiasm for subject; appropriate level of detail; engagement with other members of the class.


      -Answering questions: understanding the question and answering directly.


      -Raising questions: seeing issues raised by discussion; clarity of formulation of questions; relating them to statements made by other members of class.


      -Awareness of historical issues: consideration of relationship with key themes of course; capacity to show how specific topic fits in with wider historical area.


      -Awareness of historiographical issues: mastery of secondary literature; awareness of any relevant debates; contextualisation of any original ideas being put forward.


      -Relating to other relevant topics: issues of comparison, including those beyond the focus of the course.


    -Accuracy: factual accuracy.