Title:
SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHER RECRUITMENT METHODS IN BUSHENYI DISTRICT, UGANDA

Authors:
Dr. Richard Twebaze

Abstract:
Recruitment of teachers is a key aspect of school management since it has a direct bearing on the quality of education. There are diverse methods of recruitment open to employers in the current times, ranging from public advertisements followed by interviews, recruitment through recruitment agencies, unsolicited applications, apprentice schemes, head hunting and direct recruitment from teacher training institutions. It was established that in most Ugandan secondary schools, except for teachers who were posted by government, school headteachers mainly relied on head hunting or unsolicited applications. Public advertisements and merit interviews were rarely used and most locally recruited teachers neither asked for nor were given appointment letters, despite this being a requirement of the law.