The Collar360

Primary school teaching assistant

Other names

primary school TA, primary school assistant, primary school paraprofessional, elementary school teaching assistant, primary school teaching aide, primary school instructional assistant, primary education teaching assistant, teaching assistant in primary schools

Primary schools

They help teachers in primary school, give extra help to children who need it, prepare class materials, and watch the children.

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The work

The work

The tasks come from O*NET (United States) and ESCO (Europe), the world's two occupation databases. How the work is done can differ in Uganda; our team adds the local way where it does.

  1. 1

    Supervise students in classrooms, halls, cafeterias, school yards, and gymnasiums, or on field trips.

  2. 2

    Tutor and assist children individually or in small groups to help them master assignments and to reinforce learning concepts presented by teachers.

  3. 3

    Enforce administration policies and rules governing students.

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Sources

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Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

Official record

Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

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ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

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ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

International classification

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

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O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

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In other languages

français
assistant pédagogique en école élémentaire/assistante pédagogique en école élémentaire
español
asistente en educación primaria
العربية
مساعد تدريس مدرسة ابتدائية / مساعدة تدريس مدرسة ابتدائية
português
Auxiliar de educação no ensino básico
Deutsch
Lehrassistent Grundschule/Lehrassistentin Grundschule
italiano
docente di potenziamento di scuola primaria

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