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Lessons from Uganda and Tanzania on how universities can support this Kampala, Uganda | DAVID SSEKAMATTE | There is no doubt about it: the world is in the grips of a climate crisis. The headlines are full of reports about extreme weather events and the negative effects of the fossil fuel …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The first cohort of students in the Bachelor of Medicine and Dentistry Program has graduated from Uganda Christian University-UCU. At Friday’s ceremony, 45 students graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Medicine and Surgery and nine students with a Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Surgery. They …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On June 1, a total of 200 youths graduated from Uganda Breweries Limited Learning for Life program, a partnership with Diageo Bar Academy, Light for the World, and Enterprise Uganda. Through this program, the youths have been trained and equipped with business and hospitality skills …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Standard Chartered Bank Uganda in partnership with Challenges Worldwide, a Kampala-based business development consultancy, has launched the scale-up of the Youth to Work (Y2W) phase III programme worth Shs430 million. The hybrid event that had participants attend both physically and online, took place in Kampala and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fresh graduates from Primary Teachers’ Colleges-PTCs have asked the Ministry of Education to rethink teacher education in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. They argue that they are not fully equipped to handle the teaching-learning process during and after COVID-19. Uganda closed all education …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | An international security printing firm is reluctant to print Makerere University certificates for the 2019 graduates over arrears. Security printer Smith & Ouzman, a leading authority on security printing solutions and document fraud prevention based in a resort town East Bourne on England’s southeast …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Recent graduates from Makerere University have been blocked from registering and practicing as medical professionals by the Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council (UMDPC), due to lack of certificates. They include 135 Bachelors of Medicine and Surgery and 16 Bachelors of Dental Surgery graduates. …

COMMENT BY: Badru Walusansa Facilitate transition from education the world of work by passing on work skills and industry competencies Graduate unemployment in Uganda is stale news. Graduate unemployment figures have significantly soared for the last decade leaving no sign of scaling down. Every year, both public and private universities …

Parliament has passed a motion granting leave of the House to Bunya East MP James Waira Kyewalabye Majegere to introduce a Bill for an Act of Parliament to cater for out of school graduates from institutions of higher learning. The Private Member’s Motion seconded by Luuka North MP John Bagoole and …

By Patrick Kagenda How does your day start? My day starts at 5a.m. with indoor exercises. By 6: 30 a.m. I am on the road. When I arrive at office, usually by 7 a.m. depending on traffic jam, I read mail and newspapers before the morning meetings with my senior …