The purpose of this study was to make an investigation of teachers not becoming great in Kiringente sub-county, Mpigi district. The study was carried out using a cross-sectional survey design to investigate the attitudes, opinions and feelings as well as experiences of teachers, pupils and head teachers on great and worst teachers. Research was carried out in five schools of Kiringente sub-county of Mpigi. The parent populations for this study was five pupils, five teachers and five head teachers of the selected primary schools Kiringente sub-county of Mpigi out of which five schools were selected purposively. Teachers and pupils were selected using simple random technique which gives equal opportunity to all targeted respondents whereas Head teachers were selected using purposive sampling technique. The instruments used for data collection included questionnaires and interview guide which were subjected to teacher and head teachers and pupils respectively. It was established that from headteachers’ lived experience: - great teachers are the ones who are able to provide mentorship to novice teachers, great teachers lesson plan regularly before teaching, great teachers teach with instructional materials, great teachers provide guidance and counselling to students and great teachers freely participate in school co-curricular activities. It was also found out that from pupils’ experience: - a great teacher creates a sense of community and belonging in the classroom, a great teacher is warm, accessible, enthusiastic and caring, a great teacher has his own love of learning and inspires students with his passion for education and for the course material, a great teacher can “shift-gears” and is flexible when a lesson isn’t working and a great teachers respect students. Finally, it was established that from pupils’ experience worst teachers in primary school are the ones characterized by: - lack of classroom management, lack of content knowledge, lack of organizational skills, poor judgment and lack of commitment. This study recommends that the teachers be fully motivated in terms of better remunerations to raise their attitude towards work. This will help eliminate a discrepancy that exists between great and worst teachers. The school leaders should also empower teachers by delegating some responsivities to them to help improve on their confidence during teaching and learning process.

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