Through
an upgrading programme we also train Grade III primary school teachers to Grade
V level for Diploma in Education Primary (DEP).
Candidates
who join Diploma in Education Secondary (DES)
programme are selected by Joint Admissions Board (JAB) of the Ministry of Education
and Sports.
Since its inception, the college has
grown in terms of enrollment and infrastructure, for example, enrollment grew
from 200 in 1984 to 1,800 in the academic year 2018/2019 for both DES and
DEP programmes.
NTC Unyama inherited the former site
and premises of the then Unyama Model Primary Teachers' College (PTC) for
training Grade III teachers. Most of the structures taken over from the PTC
were inadequate and incomplete. What followed was 20 years of war in
Northern Uganda which forced Displaced persons to camp within the campus.
In 1987, due to insurgency, the
college relocated to Masindi, then later to Hoima and was there until 1989.
Between 1998 and 2009 the college was occupied by the Internally Displaced
Persons (IDPs). During this period, the general infrastructure of the College
was delapidated. Against this background, we believe that is why the Ministry
of Education and Sports ranked the College high on the proirity list for
rehabilitation and expansion having got funds from Islamic Development Bank.