Uganda desperately needs quality teachers to achieve Vision 2040
A teacher conducts a lesson. With ever more children gaining access to education under the Universal Primary and Secondary Education programmes, the pressure on existing resources continues to mount. PHOTO | FILE
The single most important ingredient in creating an effective school system is the quality of teachers, and this is something that Uganda has to think seriously about if we are to realise Vision 2040.
A 2009 study by the Uganda Economic Policy Research Centre found that the two most important determinants of learning outcomes in primary school were that a child had a desk at which to sit, and that teachers had at least two years of teacher training.
