Education Sector Strategic Plan 2004-2015 - Planipolis

Work Plan 200415—2006/7: Teacher education
Intervention Activities Manager Completion date
Objective 1. An education system relevant to Uganda's national development goals
1.1. Universal participation in a flexible basic education system
1.1.3 Lower social cultural barriers to girls' attendance
Facilitate the deployment of women teachers to rure
schools/ institutions
Encourage and support recruitment of female teachers through special
incentives.
Introduce a deliberate policy to recruit female teacher:
1.2. Increased and equitable participation in a coherent and flexible post-primary system
1.2.1 Make more efficient use of teacherslinstructors' and learners' time and othe resources
Redeploy teachers from surplus schools to teacher- Improve the teachers terms and conditions of service to attract them to work in
deficient school:
any part of the country
Objective 2. Students achieving education goals
2.1. Primary-level pupils mastering basic literacy (reading and writing), numeracy, and basic life skills
2.1.1 Improve the instructional processes that lead to students achievement of literacy, numercacy and basic life skills.
Give highest priority to literacy, numeracy and basic
life skills in P1-P4.
rtetam competent teacners at tnese levels tnrougn regular in serve an
professional training.
ESC/DCS/MoES/MOPS Annual
ESCLMOES/MOPS Annual
Design incentives that will improve performance ESC Annual
Design and implement policies for recruitment and retention of more teachers at
Reduce class size in P1-Pc
lower primary. ESC/DSC
Annual
2.1.2. Strengthen and motivate the primary-level teaching force.
Continue to improve the conditions of service of
primary teachers. Implement the scheme of service for all teachers. ESC 2006/07
Recruit PTC trainees and TDMS trainees to keep Admit and train adequate pre-service and in-service students to match the TE, DSC, KYU MPS, Annually
pace with class size requirements.
primary school teacher demand.
MoFPED HTRs, CAOs,
Identify vacancies in primaryschools.
DEOs _ DSC,
Advertise and fill primary school vacancies
CAOs.
Increase an strengthen TDMS staff (CCTs) and Re-map Coordinating Centre Catchment areas.
TE, EPD, District 2004.
program.
Re-map Core PTC catchment areas.
Stakeholders TE, EPD, 2004.
Done.
Recruit and deploy more Coordinating Centre Tutors.
District Stakeholders 2005. Ongoing.
Develop the profile of the Coordinating Centre Tutor.
ESC, TE TE, KYU
Plan training for the Coordinating Centre Tutors.
ESC, PTCs KYU,
Continously develop the CCTs.
TE
Schools appointment mentor teachers to link with
CCTs.
Identify god performing teachers for mentoring services.
Train the identified teachers in mentoring skills and collaborative work.
Train the Coordinating Centre Tutors in mentoring skills an collaborative work.
H/teachers, DISs, DEOs,
CCTs DISs,
CCTs, CORE PTCS.
T.E, KYU
Immediate.
Ongoing. Ongoing.