Mentorship and supervision in Ugandan higher education institutions universities: challenges and prospects
The paper examined the current status of Mentorship and Supervision in Ugandan higher education institutions and universities and considered the ideal model of Mentorship and Supervision for a typical higher education institution and university. The paper then depicted the importance of Mentorship...
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Kabale University Interdisciplinary Research Journal (KURJ)
2022
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12493/665 |
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| Summary: | The paper examined the current status of Mentorship and Supervision in Ugandan higher education
institutions and universities and considered the ideal model of Mentorship and Supervision for a typical
higher education institution and university. The paper then depicted the importance of Mentorship
as one way of fostering effective and efficient service delivery at higher education institutions
and universities. The ideal higher education institution or university should facilitate personal and
professional development enabling individuals and groups to achieve their full potential. Mentoring is a
dynamic way of facilitating such development. The higher education institution or university formally
requires all its faculties to make arrangements for the mentoring of its newly appointed staff and newly
admitted students. Mentoring at a higher education institution or university entails long time passing
on of support, guidance and advice. The underlying factor in mentoring in the work place is that the
more experienced colleague uses their greater knowledge and understanding of the work or workplace
to support the development of a more junior or inexperienced member of staff. The Mentoring and
Supervision discussed in this paper has been considered through the three strands of the mandate of
the higher education institution which are: teaching, research and community service. Data concerning
Mentorship and Supervision was obtained from a meta- analysis of documents such as reports,
journals, articles and books concerning Mentorship in the Ugandan higher education institutions
and universities. The overall mean score for the influence was 2.5 which indicates a low influence
of mentorship and supervision on the career. The paper underscored the status of Mentorship and
Supervision at the Ugandan higher education institutions and universities as low. Lastly, pointed out
the challenges faced in mentoring staff and students and charted the way forward in the mentoring
process at Ugandan higher education institutions and universities. Therefore, the study recommends
that supervisors-supervisees relationships be improved to achieve higher graduate study completion
rates. |
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