Govt to introduce pre-entry exams for teachers

As part of its proposals, NPA wants government to implement a central admission system for teachers, on top of tightening the entry requirements for teachers. NPA wants only the best-performing candidates to enrol for education, suggesting that the requirement of two principal passes be tightened further. In addition, NPA wants pre-entry exams for students seeking to train as teachers to mirror what some universities do for other professional courses, such as law.

According to Muvawala, the low entry requirements into the initial teacher training do not attract the best students to train as teachers.