De-Professionalization of Teaching in East Africa

Teaching is probably the most de-professionalized of all professional level services in Africa. The contempt of ordinary school pupils for this profession is probably greater than that of Western students. The latter give lip service to their dislike for teaching but manage to take college courses that generally prepare them for teaching. Many more Western students, proportionately speaking, opt for teaching as a career than Africans, and purposely train to enter that field. Some report they enjoy the work once beginning it. Several facts need to be kept in mind in assessing the relative importance and prestige accorded to the teaching profession in the West and in East Africa

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