School practice Report
The student must submit a report of about 15 pages, annexes not included, to the Department not
later than 15 days after the end of the school practice. He must also submit the envelope
containing the assessment form filled in by the mentor. This envelope must be sealed with the
stamp and signature.
The report must contain at least the information below:
i) Cover page
o University of Technology and Arts of Byumba (UTAB)
o P.O. Box 25 Byumba
o Faculty of Education
o Department of Education in Arts and Humanities/Department of Education in
Sciences
o Option of …….. (to specify)
o Report on the School practice carried out in ………… From ……. To……..
o Full name and Registration number of the student
o Full name of the academic supervisor
o Byumba, month and year (of report submission)
ii) Preliminary pages
a. Declaration
b. Acknowledgement
c. Dedication
d. Abstract
e. Table of contents
iii) Introduction
The introduction must cover one page maximum and must contain the objectives of the
school practice, an overview of the secondary school where the school practice took place
and the structure of the school practice report.
iv) Achievements in School practice Period
In this section the students address two issues:
The main activities carried out: students must point out the tasks assigned to them and
explain how they were carried out. Then they explain the relationship between the
activities that were carried out and assigned tasks using a critical analysis approach.
Description of difficulties that were faced and how they could be addressed, analysis of
the possible solutions and comments on challenges identified during the school practice.
v) Comparison of Theoretical Training with Practices on the Field
In this section, the students should do the following:
To analyse the way theoretical training has been relevant to the school practice
To reflect on how the school practice has supplemented the theoretical training
To establish a link between covered modules and the school practice
To analyse how the school practice has been relevant for the studies; explain
concepts, ideas and theories that the school practice allowed to understand or go into
them in greater depth
To analyse strengths and weaknesses of theoretical training and school practice, one
compared to another
To analyse shortcomings in theoretical training and identify missing elements that
could have been useful for the school practice. Discuss how those elements could be
practically integrated into academic training.
vi) Conclusion and Recommendations
Conclusion
o To make an account of what was learnt in the school practice
o Specify areas in which the school practice helped the student to make progress
o An analysis of the training at UTAB in relation with needs of the labour
market.
Recommendations
o Proposals and suggestions of solutions to problems and challenges faced and
future perspectives.
vii) List of References
This section contains all the documents cited in the report.
viii) Annexes
The annexes contain documents that are judged useful. The following are compulsory
documents that must be appended to the report:
Timetable
Schemes of Work
Class diary
Lesson plans (8-10 are enough)
Calling Register
Marks Document (Exercises, Test and Homeworks)
Summary Notebooks
Curriculum.
Note: Formatting of the School practice Report
Font : Times New Roman ;
Font size : 14 for titles and 12 for the rest;
Line space : 1.5 ;
Margins : 2.5 cm to the left and 2 cm above, down and to the right;
The whole text must be justified.
