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Filbert Baguma, the Secretary General of Uganda National Teachers' Union (UNATU) says that the proposed policy is highly welcome because it is aimed at enhance competence to effectively deliver quality learning outcomes and leadership at all levels of the education cycle. Baguma says that because most teachers have no bachelor’s degree, they are always booed and underrated in public as less educated civil servants.
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The government through the Ministry of Education and Sports is
in a process of phasing out Grade III and Grade V teaching qualifications in
favor of a bachelor’s degree in Education.
Currently, the Grade III certificate is the minimum
qualification for primary school teachers, while the Grave V certificate is the
minimum qualification for Secondary School teachers.
However, according to Dr.
Kedrace Turyagyenda, the director of Education Standards in the Ministry of
Education and Sports, under the new policy, a teacher will be required to have
a Bachelor degree of Education in order to teach in either primary or a
secondary school.
Speaking as the chief guest during Teachers’ Day
Celebrations for National Teachers’ Colleges-NTCs at NTC Kabale in Kabale
district on Wednesday, Turyagyenda says that the proposal is in accordance with National
Teachers’ Policy that was introduced in 2017 with technical support from the
UNESCO, International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa (IICBA) under
the Capacity Development for Education Programme.
The day was cerebrated under the theme “Young Teachers: The
Future of a Profession”.
According to Turyagyenda, the proposal requires teachers
with bachelor’s degree in education to make a decision of teaching in nursery,
primary or secondary school levels.
Turyagyenda says that the policy will be implemented
gradually after thorough consultations with all education stakeholders in order
for it not to affect teachers who are already in service as well as existing core
Primary Teacher's Colleges and NTCs.
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Filbert Baguma, the Secretary General of Uganda National
Teachers' Union (UNATU) says that the proposed policy is highly welcome because
it is aimed at enhancing competence to effectively deliver quality learning
outcomes and leadership at all levels of the education cycle.
Baguma says that because most teachers have no
bachelor’s degree, they are always booed and underrated in public as less
educated civil servants.
Baguma also says that it is always a challenge to demand for
teachers’ salary increment because the government is somehow not convinced with
reasons of increasing salaries for certificate holders at this era.
He however says that the proposed policy should be implemented with care so that
no teacher is affected.
