MAKERERE UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION & EXTERNAL STUDIES INSTITUTE OF OPEN

DISTANCE AND E LEARNING
STUDENTS NAME : NAKKU BERNADATTE
REGISTRATION NUMBER: 18/U/40943/EXT

TELEPHONE NO: 0773262271 / 0704136988

PROPOSED INTERNSHIP FOCUS AREA; SHIMONI DEMONSTRATION SCHOOL -

KIRA MUNICIPALITY

COURSE NAME: BACHELOR OF EDUCATION (EXTERNAL)

COURSE CODE: PSP 2201

NAME OF PERSON IN CHARGE INTERNSHIP : MR . MUGISHA ARTHUR

YER : TWO

SEMESTER: ONE
Proposed project

Establishment of a school demonstration at Shimoni Demonstration School – Kira Wakiso

District. Kira Municipality. Mulawa – Kitikifumba Village.

Topic addressed

Farming (egg plant)

1.0 Brief background of the project

Farming is the act or process of working the ground planting seeds and growing edible plants.

During internship , I will focus on egg planting on a small scale with the help of primary two
learners , teachers and school administrators e.g head teacher and deputy head teacher.

Egg plants are also known as aubergine or brinjal and are warm weather vegetables. They require
high temperatures between 70 and 850 F ( 21 and 300 c)

Egg plants develop and hang from the branches of a plant that grows several fit in height.

Egg plant varieties differ in sizes , shape, colour , growth and maturity time.

Egg plant soil requirement.

Egg plants do well in fertile well drained and slightly acidic soils.

They should be high in organic matter for best growth and yield.

How to propagate egg plants

Egg plants are propagated by seed , it takes about 7-10 days for the seedlings to emerge.

Seedlings are hardened off carefully before transplanting by reducing temperature and water.

How to plant egg plants.

Set transplants at 18-24 inches apart in rows 30-36 inches apart .

Use row covers to protect plants with heavy fruits set.

Fertilize egg plants as they are heavy feeders but avoid high nitrogen fertilizers.
How to control pests and diseases.

To help reduce diseases donot plant egg plants in the same location more than once every 3-4
years.

How to harvest egg plants

Harvest egg plants 16-24 weeks after sowing when the skin of the fruit is shining and un
wrinkled.

Cut the fruit close to the stem but leaving about an inch of it attached.

1.1 Problem Statement

farming at shimoni demonstration School – Kira is important in a way that it supplements on

learners diet farming has gained popularity as it has provided both teachers, learners and non
teaching staff with food as well as source of income to teachers.’

However the teachers donot benefit as much as it would be expected of them, some of the
factors such as climate change , high costs of input , exploitation by casual labourers have
hindered teachers from keeping up with the farming practice hence the internship is aimed at
investigating the problems that affect farming in the school.

1.2 Objectives of the internship project.

To equip learners with knowledge and skills of farming at Shimoni Demonstration School Kira .

To supplement on the learners diet at shimoni demonstration School- Kira.

To provide opportunities for hands on involvement to pupils at shimoni demonstration school –

kira.

To supplement on the learners diet at shimoni demonstration school – kira.

To provide opportunities for hands on involvement to pupils at shimoni demonstration school –

kira.
1.3. Proposed project activities inclussive of times

NO ACTIVITIES TIMELINE
1 Preparing a nursery bed 2nd week of February 2020
2 Purchasing the seeds 3rd week of February 2020
3 Planting a nursery bed 7-10 days
4 Watering
5 Provide a shade
6 Hardening off 4th week of February 2020
7 Transplanting seedlings 4th week of February 2020
8 Watering
9 Mulching 1st week of march 2020
10 Harvesting 9-11 weeks
Pupils will do all the above activities under the teacher’s guidance.

1.4. Location of the proposed project

The project will be carried out at Shimoni demonstration School- Kira..

1.5. The supervision of the project will be the head teacher of shimoni demonstration school –
Kira .Mrs Sengendo Racheal.

1.6. References of the literature you have read in relation to the project you intend to put
into practice.

Aubergine “ oxford English.

Dictionary, undated archived
2015 -08-10 at the way back machine
Retrived : 7 august 2015

Oxford dictionary , SV brinjal

Oxford university press , archived
From the oringal on 1 april 2016
Retrived 4 april 2016

Tsao and lo in vegetables

Types and biology hand book of
Food science , technology , and engineering
By YIUH Hui (2006)
CRC Press ISBN 1-57444 -551 -0

Doijode S.D (2001) SEED

Storage Of Horticutural Crops Cpp
157 Haworth press : ISBN 1- 56022-901-2

trujilo , linda (25 january 2003)

the elegant egg plant master
GARDER Journal archved from the original on 4 december 2016, retrieved 16 september 2018