Who Becomes a Primary School Teacher in Lesotho: Characteristics and Experiences of the DEP Student Teachers upon Entry into NTTC (CIE, 2002, 49 p.): Chapter 3: Data Analysis And Interpretation: 3.3 Denominational Affiliation

Who Becomes a Primary School Teacher in Lesotho: Characteristics and Experiences of the DEP Student Teachers upon Entry into NTTC (CIE, 2002, 49 p.)

Chapter 3: Data Analysis And Interpretation

		(introduction...)
		3.1 Age
		3.2 Gender
		3.3 Denominational Affiliation
		3.4 Occupation and Educational Qualification of Parents of Student Teachers
		3.5 Location of Schools and Years of Attendance of Primary school
		3.6 Number of years in School
		3.7 Performance at Post-Primary School
		3.8 Teaching Experience
		3.9 Perceptions of Student teachers about primary schooling
		3.10 Images of primary school teachers
		3.11 Future Plans and Expectations
		3.12 Life in the College
		3.13 Becoming a teacher
		3.14 Challenges Facing the Teaching Profession and Possible Changes in Education
		3.15 Views about teaching and related issues

3.3 Denominational Affiliation

A significant number of the Lesotho nationals is made up of Christians and a large number of schools belong to the churches. Of the student teachers who responded to the question on denominational affiliation, 36.7% were members of the Roman Catholic Church (RCC), 33.3% were from the Lesotho Evangelical Church (LEC), and 15.6% belonged to the Lesotho Anglican Church (ACL) while the rest 14.4% were members of other churches. Table 1 presents the findings.

Table 1: Religious Affiliation

Religious Affiliation	Frequency	Percent
Roman Catholic Church (RCC)	33	36.7%
Lesotho Evangelical Church (LEC)	30	33.3%
Anglican Church of Lesotho (ACL)	14	15.6%
Other Churches	13	14.4%
Total	90	100%