INTERVIEW QUESTIONS:

1. What are the roles of the Education Service Commission?

 Advise the President on issues relating to the education service personnel.
 Appoint teaching and non-teaching staff personnel like Bursars, Librarians, School Nurses, Secretaries,
Laboratory Attendants, etc.
 Confirms and regularizes appointments of education service personnel.
 Develop guidelines for recruitment of education service personnel for example using aptitude tests, oral
interviews, etc.
 Disciplines and grants study leave to education service personnel.
 Develops and maintains national education standards through its departments like Education Standards Agency
(ESA).
2. What are the functions of a Deputy Head teacher?
 Assists the head teacher in the overall administration and management of the school.
 Supervises the non-teaching and support staff.
 Ensures effective and efficient maintenance of records, material resources, facilities and information services
for efficient accountability.
 Enforces discipline in the school as the chairperson of the disciplinary committee.
 Organizes and assists in the implementation of the curriculum.
 Ensures integrity of internal and external exams and supervision.
 Prepares academic plans, programs, schedules (Time table) of the school.
 Performs any other duty assigned by the relevant authority like the head teacher, B.O.G, District official, M.E.O,
etc.
3. What are the attributes/characteristics of a good school?
 Qualified teaching staff.
 Conducive learning environment.
 Testing and assessment of the learners.
 Remedial teaching of learners to cater for individual learners’ differences.
 Effective monitoring and supervision of the teaching and learning processes.
 Discipline of both teachers and the students.
 Proper internalization of the curriculum and syllabus.
  Availability and proper use of the teaching and learning materials.
 Focused school administration.
4. What do you know about a budget in the context of a school?
 A budget is a financial work plan in a calendar year.
5. What steps/procedures are followed in the school budget making?
 Heads of Department/stakeholders sit discuss what is required in their department and present to the head
teacher.
 The head teacher as an accounting officer consults the Bursar for financial technical advice in relation to the
previous year’s budget.
 The head teacher gives the estimated budget to finance committee Board of Governor for more discussions.
 The School Board of Governor approves the budget.
 The head teacher writes to the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Education through the District Administrative
Officer (C.A.O.) for approval.
 The C.A.O. approves the budget and it is taken for approval to Permanent Secretary Ministry of Education and
Sports for approval.
 The budget comes back to the school for each stake holder/H.O.D to get their share.
6. What books of account do you know in the school?
 Requisition book.
 Payment voucher.
 Receipt book.
 Cash analysis book.
 Ledger book.
 Vote book where money is allocate to different school departments, programs and activities.
7. Name the signatories to the school finance committee:
 The head teacher.
 The Chairperson Board of Governor.
 The Chairperson Finance Committee/Chairperson PTA.
 The Bursar for financial technical advice.
8. In case of the absence of the head teacher, how would you spend on the school emergencies?
 Spend not more than 40% and inform the concerned authorities about the emergence in writing.
  If the crisis is bigger than 40%, write to the Chairperson B.O.G of the school requesting for funds to solve the
crisis.
9. What internal controls can you put in school to avoid misuse of school funds?
 Use of departmental request forms for funds.
 Use of vouchers made by the bursar.
 Use of receipts for accountability.
10. Why is delegation important in the school system?
 Delegation promotes team work.
 It save time as work is done by different people.
 It exploits everybody’s potential.
 Work is done by skilled people for example a teacher of ICT being in-charge of report program, music teacher
in-charge of MDD, physical education teacher in-charge of games and sports, etc.
 It develops staff confidence.
 It enable collective responsibility.
 It grooms future leaders.
 It motivates staff to work.
11. Relate the school and the community.
 The school gets food and firewood from the community.
 The community helps the school to curb indiscipline cases.
 Learners come from the community.
 The community protects the school in terms of security.
 Building materials come from the community.
12. What educational policies do you know as a deputy head teacher?
 Compulsory science subjects at ordinary level.
 Universal Primary Education (U.P.E.).
 Universal Secondary Education (U.S.E.).
 UPOLET
 Vocationalization of education where government is setting up a vocational secondary school in every sub-
county to cater for the school dropout and those who cannot proceed to advanced level.
 Promotion of girl child education where girls are given 1.5 points on going to public university and other tertiary
institutions of learning.
  Promotion of SESEMAT (Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, Agriculture) to improve the science
performance.
 Introduction of ICT and sub-mathematics at advanced level.
 Setting up a community secondary school in every sub-county.
 Students’ loan scheme to help financially poor but academically bright students to have access to university and
other tertiary institutions education.
 Support of people with disabilities like the lame, death, blind, etc.
 Liberalization of education.
13. How can we improve academic standards in your school?
 Remedial teaching.
 Monitoring and supervision of the teaching and learning process.
 Effective preparation of schemes of work and lesson plans.
 Proper mastering and interpretation of the curriculum and the syllabus.
 Use of child-centered methods in teaching.
 Availability of adequate teaching and learning materials.
 Guidance and counselling of the learners.
 Career talks to parents and the learners.
 Effective testing and evaluation of the learners.
 Organizing academic workshops for teachers.
 Ensuring good welfare for both teachers and the students.
 Having a conducive teaching and learning environment.
 Regular attendance of both teachers and the students.
 Ensuring discipline among teachers and the students.
14. What legal frameworks will you use to guide you as a deputy head teacher in administering your duties?
 Public Procurement and Disposal of Assets Act (PPDA) 2003.
 Education Act 2008.
 Ugandan Constitution 1995.
 Local Government Act 1997.
 Teachers’ Professional Code of Conduct 2012.
 BITVET Act 2008.
 Teachers’ Scheme of Service 2008.
  Education Service Act 2002.
 Public Standing Orders 2010.
 Education Service Commission Regulations 1997.
 Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) Act 1973.
 Universities and other Tertiary Institutions Act 2001.
15. What strategies do you plan to ensure high quality teaching and learning in a school?
 Proper and adequate lesson planning and scheming.
 Regular meetings with the staff and students.
 Good discipline of staff and students.
 Regular appraisal of staff.
 Good financial management.
 Co-ordination of relevant bodies/office.
 Consultation/networking.
 Good welfare of both staff and students.
 Internationalization of syllabus and the curriculum.
 Effective assessment and testing of the learners.
 Remedial teaching.
 Use of learner-centered methods in the teaching and learning process.
16. What preparations do you expect your teachers to make before teaching:
 Studying and interpreting of the syllabus and the curriculum.
 Effective scheming of the work to be covered.
 Effective lesson planning.
 Designing instructional materials.
 Assessment methodologies.
 Evaluation and testing of the learners.
 Attendance to the lessons.
17. What measures can be put in place to avoid strikes in schools?
 Regular communication/assemblies.
 Use students’ council and prefects and parents.
 Invite motivational speakers/models to talk to students.
 Effective teaching of the learners.
  Proper use of the suggestion box.
 Provision of co-curricular activities like MDD, athletics, football, netball, etc.
 Good welfare to both staff and the students.
 Fulfilling of the promises.
 Giving feedback to both teachers and the students.
 Transparency to both staff and students.
 Use of the available resources effectively.
 Accountability for whatever is done.
18. What steps can you follow to discipline an indiscipline student?
 Verbal warning/caution of the student against the indiscipline.
 Written warning to the student.
 Meet the student with administrators.
 Take the student to disciplinary committee school Board of Governor.
 The B.O.G writes to the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Education about the student’s indiscipline.
 The Permanent Secretary recommends for the dismissal of the indiscipline student.
19. What challenges are normally faced by deputy head teachers in schools?
 Inadequate funds.
 Refusal of both staff and students to obey your instructions/insubordination.
 Indiscipline staff and students.
 Absenteeism of both teachers and students.
 Religious differences.
 Inadequate facilitation.
 Political differences/interference.
 Ignorance of the roles and duties by the staff and students.
 Illiteracy of the B.O.G. members.
 Tribal differences.
 Challenges from old students’ associations.
20. What are the solutions to the above challenges faced by deputy head teachers?
21. What steps will you take to discipline an indiscipline teacher?
 Verbal warning.
 Written warning(caution)
 Sessional meetings with the administrators.
 Take the teacher to disciplinary committee B.O.G.
 B.O.G may recommend the transfer of the teacher.
22. What methods will your teachers use to teach the learners?
 Experimentation.
 Demonstration.
 Illustration.
 Role play.
 Guided group discussion.
 Excursions.
 Chalk and talk.
 Dramatizations.
 Question and answer approach.
23. Give reasons why we should carryout continuous assessment in school.
 To keep a record of learners’ performance.
 To encourage research and develop a culture of reading among the learners.
 It helps the teacher to carry out a self-evaluation.
 It motivates students’ learning.
 It is a means of accountability to stakeholders like parents by giving them reports of learners’ performance.
 It encourages competition among learners.
 It acts as a promotional tool in case the learner fell sick and fails to do the end of year exams.
 It helps in preparing students for external exams like mocks and national exams like UNEB.
 It enable the teacher to change the teaching methods in case the objectives are not achieved.
  It helps in identifying the weak learners and help them improve according to their individual differences.
 It enables giving remedial work.
 It enables objective reporting about a given student.
 It promotes discipline and guidance among learners.
24. Apart from teaching, what other responsibilities can a teacher hold in school?
 Class teacher.
 Head of Department (H.O.D).
 Matron/Warden/Home teacher.
 Senior Woman/Man teacher.
 Director of Studies.
 Patron of a club.
 House Master/Mistress.
 Staff minutes secretary.
25. What records are kept by a deputy head teacher in a school?
 Students’ Registers.
 Records of work covered in different subjects.
 Students’ performance records/Mark sheets.
 Appraisal forms/ records.
 Students’ profile, discipline and health.
 Schemes of work and lesson plans.
 Staff meetings file.
 Non-teaching and support staff file.
 Disciplinary Committee (D.C.) file.
 Arrival Book.
26. What are the factors that lead to academic excellence in a school?
 Good preparation of lesson plans and schemes of wok.
 Regular teaching of the learners by teachers.
 Giving remedial lessons to cater for slow learners.
 Regular supervision and monitoring of the teaching and learning process by the DOS, H.O.D, class teacher,
deputy and head teacher.
  Regular assessment and testing of the learners through tests which may be topical, weekly, monthly, termly or
at the end of year.
 Adequate provision of scholastic materials, teaching aids, etc.
 Conducive teaching and learning environment in the school.
 Ensuring discipline of both teachers and the students.
27. Name the five parts of the teachers’ professional code of conduct:
 Teacher/Learner.
 Professional code.
 Community.
 Personal conduct.
 Principal/Head teacher.
 Teacher/Administrator.
28. Teachers are guided by a certain document. What is the name of that document?
 Teachers’ Professional Code of Conduct 2012.
29. What are the dos and don’ts of a teacher according to the teachers’ professional code of conduct?
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30. Name and explain the roles of any of the five stakeholders in the school.
 Administration.
 School Board of Governor.
 Community.
 Staff.
 Students.
 Parents.
 Staff.
 Support and non-teaching staff.
31. Name and explain the composition of the School of Governor:
 Foundation Body members 05.
 Old Student Representative 01.
 Teachers’ Representative 02.
 LC 111 Representative 01.
 LC IV 01.
 PTA Representative 02.
NB: The head teacher is the Ex-official and General Secretary to B.O.G.
32. Who is the Director for Secondary Education?
Hajji Ismail Mulindwa.
33. Who is the Cabinet Minister of Education and Sports?
Hon. Janet Kataha Museveni.
34. Who is the State Minister for Higher Education?
Hon. John Chrysostom Muyingo.
35. Who is the State Minister for Primary Education?
Hon. Dr. Joyce Moriku Kaducu
36. Who is the State Minister for Games and Sports?
[Link] Harmson Obua.
37. Who is the Commissioner for Secondary Education?
 Mr. Kuloba Sam.
38. Who is the Chairperson National Council for Higher Education?
 Dr. Rose Mary Okwakol.
39. What is the vision of the Ministry of Education and Sports?
 Sustainably building an education and training system that ensures quality and equitable education for all
citizens and that continues to produce a competent and competitive workforce fuelling the country’s economic
development.
40. What is the mission for the Ministry of Education and Sports?
 Ensuring effective, quality and equitable education and training system through building the implementation
capacity of the education sector at all levels, designing and regulating standards of efficiency, expanding
standards of education throughout the country as well as complementing and leveraging education sector
development interventions with strategic communication and public awareness.
41. What are the education values?
 Effectiveness and efficiency.
 Quality.
 Equity.
 Participatory.
 Commitment.
 Exemplary.
 Excellence.
42. What is the Mandate of the Ministry of Education?
 To provide technical support, guide, co-ordinate, regulate and promote quality education, training and support of
persons in Uganda for national integration, development and individual advancement.
43. What are the functions of the Ministry of Education?
 They design, implement, monitor and evaluate educational legislations, policies and programs, construction of
structures, human resource, budget and administrative, management support to ensure that the quality of
service delivery is maintained.
44. Explain the roles of :
i) PDU Committee.
ii) Contracts Committee.
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