Performance Management Guidelines for Tertiary Institutions and Schools

Abstract

These Performance Management Guidelines are designed to address the unique context of the Teaching Service and to promote the delivery of quality education to learners in Tertiary Institutions and Schools. The Guidelines have been developed within the performance management framework for the entire Public Service and Circular Standing Instruction No.5 of 2019 on Performance Management in the Public Service. Therefore, the Guidelines neither supersede nor substitute the guidelines for Staff Performance Appraisal in the Public Service (July 2007) and the Guidelines for Implementing Performance Agreements for Heads and Deputy Heads of tertiary institutions, and secondary and primary schools (January 2017), but rather complement them.

The purpose of the Performance Management Guidelines is to support Tertiary Institutions and Schools in the development and implementation of Performance Agreements/Plans.

The Guidelines operationalise Section 4.4 of Circular Standing Instruction No.5 of 2019 which requires line Ministries to communicate key outputs for their respective professional cadres that will enable Uganda to achieve the targets in Vision 2040.

Accordingly, these Performance Management Guidelines for the Teaching Service present the standardised strategic outputs and targets for Heads and Deputy Heads of Tertiary Institutions, Primary and Secondary Schools and teaching staff in those institutions as well as the standardised outputs and targets for other thematic areas, provide guidance on the performance management process in the Teaching Service, and how to use the customised and sector-specific performance management tools.

For avoidance of doubt, Heads and Deputy Heads of education institutions, and teaching staff in salary scale U2 shall, in accordance with Circular Standing Instruction No. 7 of 2018, sign annual performance agreements with their Appraisers while the rest of teaching staff in tertiary institutions and schools shall develop annual performance plans with their Appraisers. These performance agreements and performance plans shall provide the basis for performance monitoring and appraisal and for the subsequent human resource management decisions.

Consistent with the National Teacher Policy (2019), the term “Teacher” encompasses all teaching staff in schools, and lecturers, tutors and instructors in tertiary institutions.

All Heads, Deputy Heads and entire teaching staff of Tertiary Institutions and Schools, are urged to internalize and ensure compliance to these Guidelines.