Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Congolese National has confessed to the murder of two university students whose bodies were found rotting in a rented room in Kakeeka division, Rubaga Division, early this week. The suspect identified as Malimali Ndihoma Sisco Mashal Justine is believed to have been an ex-boyfriend …
Read More »Muteesa I Royal University asked to focus on Agricultural innovations
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Chancellor Muteesa I Royal University Justice Julia Ssebutinde has called for a review of the the institututions programs to give special focus to agricultural innovations and improvement. Justice Ssebutinde says that university education should evolve to prepare students that can invent unique and appropriate solutions …
Read More »Makerere faces shortage of gowns ahead of graduation week
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University is under pressure to deliver more than 13,000 customized graduation gowns ahead of its 69th graduation ceremony, slated for next week. The institution last year adopted a mandatory fee of sh 98,000 paid by all students for an official university gown. Unlike …
Read More »Storm destroys Kyambogo University structures, exam scripts
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kyambogo University Art and design students are stranded following this week’s heavy rains that destroyed the show room where hundreds of art and design pieces were kept awaiting marking. The showroom located near the university football field had its roof carried off by the heavy …
Read More »University staff demand arrears in January payment circular
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Staff at nine public universities in Uganda have asked the Ministry of Public Service to release a pay structure detailing a plan for their promised enhanced salaries. They say that the structure must include the outstanding salary enhancements balance of Sh29.5 billion which was never …
Read More »Ghana Gandhi statue removed after student protest
Accra, Ghana | AFP | A statue of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi has been removed from Ghana’s most prestigious university after complaints that he was racist against black Africans. India’s former president Pranab Mukherjee unveiled the statue to the global peace icon at the University of Ghana in Accra …
Read More »Cuban applicants fail to meet minimum requirements at Kyambogo University
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The proposal by Kyambogo University to recruit Cuban lecturers has hit a snag following the failure by ten applicants to meet the minimum requirements. The University Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ely Katunguka – Rwakishaya, says while their plan was to recruit between 10 to 15 Cuban …
Read More »The university is not a factory
Thousands of students are pumped out of universities with degrees so that bureaucrats can tick off their performance targets Kampala, Uganda | SEAN MFUNDZA MULLER | If you believe the glossy adverts, puff pieces and award ceremonies, you might think that many South African universities are becoming increasingly impressive by …
Read More »A university could be a ‘factory’
Good universities receive brains wired in specific ways and facilitate their transformation to output different wiring networks demanded by industry/society Kampala, Uganda | KANT ATEENYI KANYARUSOKE | I write in response to Dr. Seán Mfundza Muller’s comments on the situation at many South African Universities in regard to financial incentives …
Read More »USE unveils 2nd Annual University Challenge
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Securities Exchange has unveiled the 2nd Annual USE University Challenge to impart students with knowledge on how to invest in the stock exchange. The competition is a simulation of activities that happen around trading in securities – bonds and stocks – listed on …
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