rapporteur

at this second, i am writing this n3 at impiana hotel, kuala lumpur. i am supposed to study a lil bit for tomorrow but as usual the internet always distracts me. i am staying here because technically few of us from various institutions have a duty assigned by the ministry of education malaysia. there will be a 17th conference of commonwealth education ministers at the klcc and we have been selected as the rapporteurs specifically for the youth forum. it is actually a big conference where all the commonwealth countries are participating except for few countries because of certain reasons.

for some people, the word rapporteur itself sounds heavy. to be the truth, the job scope of a rapporteur is also heavy. a rapporteur should be listening to each word uttered by the paneslists or the speakers and report it in a written document. for some cases, the time limit applies or else longer period is sufficient. as for my situation, we are to be given approx 2 hours and 15 mins right from the end of the conference session to convert all the things that we listened and jotted down to a final report. then, we shall mail it to our leader and once he is satisfied with what we have written, then our duty is officially end. and if he is not satisfied, we have to correct any parts necessary.

the thing that is the most important while doing our job as a rapporteur is the "accuracy". we can't simply assume that the speaker/panelist says something and that is what he meant. we have to be accurate and sure that any particular issue or subject is raised and touched by him. or else, we will be in a big trouble. as for in my case, one of the report done by us-the rapporteur which is the proposal made by the youth will be submitted to the ministerial meeting where at that particular moment the ministers of the commonwealth will read the report out and decide upon any approval of any proposal made. basically, these ministers will not be entering any particular forum. therefore, the report made by us will be useful to them and that is the reason that we need to be accurate at all time.

if we are saying that the participants are attentive, i am sure that the rapporteurs are 150% attentive. after all, i hope that everything will be fine and goes smoothly for these 4 days. i am looking for new experiences and opportunities in our education field.

wish me luck!