Policies teachers should know
Jul 23, 2006
<b>TEACHERS’ DESK</b><br>From time to time, the Education Service Commission hires teachers and head teachers through interviews.
By Alfred Okello
From time to time, the Education Service Commission hires teachers and head teachers through interviews.
However, even if you are not preparing for an interview or a promotion, the fact that you are a professional teacher make knowledge of the relevant policy documents and laws essential.
What policy documents would you need if you were appointed a head teacher or deputy head of an educational institution? What are the laws that govern education service/sector? These are commonplace questions whenever a teacher short-listed for an interview faces a panel of Education Service Commission (ESC).
But in addition to aiding a teacher pass an interview, these policies and laws guide a teacher in their day-to-day performance of duties.
Knowledge of policies and laws make it easier for teachers and more especially those in positions of responsibilities to do the right thing.
Such decisions and actions are justifiable in the face of a controversy.
Some of the important policy documents and laws which teachers need to know, access and study are but not limited to the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda (1995), The Government White paper on Education (1992), The Education Act (1970), The Board of Governors Regulations (1991), Teachers’ code of conduct, Local Government Act (1997), Education Service Commission Act (2000 ), Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Act (2002), Children Statute (1996), Public Finance Act, Government Standing Orders and the Leadership Code.
Teachers should be exemplary to their students. It would be very absurd for an educator not to be conversant with laws governing the operations.
The writer is a teacher at
Trinity College Nabbingo
alfokello@yahoo.com
077-2449502
From time to time, the Education Service Commission hires teachers and head teachers through interviews.
However, even if you are not preparing for an interview or a promotion, the fact that you are a professional teacher make knowledge of the relevant policy documents and laws essential.
What policy documents would you need if you were appointed a head teacher or deputy head of an educational institution? What are the laws that govern education service/sector? These are commonplace questions whenever a teacher short-listed for an interview faces a panel of Education Service Commission (ESC).
But in addition to aiding a teacher pass an interview, these policies and laws guide a teacher in their day-to-day performance of duties.
Knowledge of policies and laws make it easier for teachers and more especially those in positions of responsibilities to do the right thing.
Such decisions and actions are justifiable in the face of a controversy.
Some of the important policy documents and laws which teachers need to know, access and study are but not limited to the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda (1995), The Government White paper on Education (1992), The Education Act (1970), The Board of Governors Regulations (1991), Teachers’ code of conduct, Local Government Act (1997), Education Service Commission Act (2000 ), Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Act (2002), Children Statute (1996), Public Finance Act, Government Standing Orders and the Leadership Code.
Teachers should be exemplary to their students. It would be very absurd for an educator not to be conversant with laws governing the operations.
The writer is a teacher at
Trinity College Nabbingo
alfokello@yahoo.com
077-2449502