Females are better headteachers â€" UNEB
Sep 11, 2007
The UGANDA National Examinations Board (UNEB) has recommended that more females be appointed as headteachers in primary schools.
By Dennis Ojwee
The UGANDA National Examinations Board (UNEB) has recommended that more females be appointed as headteachers in primary schools.
The deputy director of Education Standards Agency, Moses Otyek, said many primary schools in Uganda headed by female headteachers were better managed and had better results in the previous Primary Leaving Examinations than those run by male headteachers.
He made the remarks while presenting a national assessment report compiled by UNEB last year in primary schools.
The National assessment of Progress in Education, survey was conducted in Literacy and Numeracy in Ateso, Runyankole, Luganda and Lango.
Otyek said of the 405 schools that were sampled during the national assessment, only 15% had female headteachers, compared to 85% of schools headed by men.
Pupils in primary schools, whose headteachers were female, were found to have performed better at higher level than those with male headmasters,†the report revealed.
He said pupils in schools with headteachers Grade threes and university degrees performed better that those managed by headteachers with grade five qualifications.
The UNEB report also recommended that headmasters should be nationally deployed regardless of gender bias.
UNEB noted that there were more female teachers teaching in p.3, while the males handle P6.
the exams board also recommended that measures which encourage female teachers to teach be introduced.
The UGANDA National Examinations Board (UNEB) has recommended that more females be appointed as headteachers in primary schools.
The deputy director of Education Standards Agency, Moses Otyek, said many primary schools in Uganda headed by female headteachers were better managed and had better results in the previous Primary Leaving Examinations than those run by male headteachers.
He made the remarks while presenting a national assessment report compiled by UNEB last year in primary schools.
The National assessment of Progress in Education, survey was conducted in Literacy and Numeracy in Ateso, Runyankole, Luganda and Lango.
Otyek said of the 405 schools that were sampled during the national assessment, only 15% had female headteachers, compared to 85% of schools headed by men.
Pupils in primary schools, whose headteachers were female, were found to have performed better at higher level than those with male headmasters,†the report revealed.
He said pupils in schools with headteachers Grade threes and university degrees performed better that those managed by headteachers with grade five qualifications.
The UNEB report also recommended that headmasters should be nationally deployed regardless of gender bias.
UNEB noted that there were more female teachers teaching in p.3, while the males handle P6.
the exams board also recommended that measures which encourage female teachers to teach be introduced.