150 people staff members at Kyambogo University are on the line to lose their jobs after the Senate, through the academic registrar, phased out tutorials and all teaching assistants at Kyambogo University in Kampala.
According to Annie Begumisam the academic registrar at the University, “Senate agreed to phase out tutorial assistants with effect from semester two, this academic year (2019/2020),”
Tutorial assistants help in guiding students during hands-on activities. Tutorials are where after a lecture has been delivered, students recede in small groups to discuss and make presentations under the guidance of the teaching assistant.
In her letter to lecturers, Begumisa advised them to conduct tutorials themselves without assistants something most staff members have decried saying that the workload is getting too much and might affect standards.
Tutorial assistants at University also help to invigilate examinations, mark and compile results and assist in other administrative work, such as report writing.
