Concealed Reality: A Reservoir for Teaching Profession in a Zambian Context

This manuscript is a study which focused on unveiling the concealed reality of why some individuals chose to be teachers or educators instead of choosing other forms of careers in a Zambian context. The study objectives were: to determine the rationale for choosing teaching profession to other jobs by trainee teachers and to establish what the trainee teachers wanted to fix for becoming teachers under teaching professional. The researchers used qualitative method and employed a semi-structured interview schedule to collect data from 30 trainee teachers at Kwame Nkrumah University in Zambia as participants. The key findings were that it was their wish from childhood, a calling, they love it, for wanting to teach modern technology and entrepreneur skills, as a way they want to contribute to society, want to overcome poverty, to offer meaningful education, because of being inspired by other teachers, it’s their responsibility, they want to continue learning, and to help the disabled. The study also brought to light the issues trainee teachers intended to address or fix upon becoming educators. Furthermore, the study established that the trainee teachers were either pulled or pushed towards their career choice. From the findings, this research recommends that the reservoir which need be taken on bold in the teaching professional in order to enrich teaching profession should be considered to help in meeting the current and future demands of the education system in Zambia. me of the plays under explication are humours and even absurd, they discuss and reiterate serious issues of life pertaining to man’s search for independence.