Makerere University Vice Chancellor Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe Advises Higher Institutions to Lobby For Funds

Makerere University Vice Chancellor Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe Advises Higher Institutions to Lobby For Funds

The Vice Chancellor of Makerere University, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe has advised Institutions for Higher learning in Africa to accumulate funds and resources which will aid  the rapid  growth of the population students in universities. Nawangwe said this  on  August 3, 2018 while at the 14th Graduation Ceremony of Mount Kenya University hosted at the Graduation Pavillion […]

Stop nepotism,graft-Makerere staff to Bosses

Stop nepotism,graft-Makerere staff to Bosses

Makerere staff members under their umbrella Forum for Staff Associations, have decried the university administration to stop their nepotic tendencies. The associations which includes Makerere University Academic Staff Association (Muasa), Makerere Administrative Staff Association (Masa) and the National Union of Educational Institutions, contends that there is a lot of anomalies in the way staff are appointed, […]

Soroti University to stay closed even this academic year

Soroti University to stay closed even this academic year

The administration at Soroti University  has been left puzzled after the  National Council for High Education (NCHE), for the second time, stopped the opening of  of the university over failure to meet minimum requirements. The university had already issued out a list of its course and was planning to admit its pioneers this academic year in August. However, it […]

Makerere’s MaRCCI receives cars worth a billion shillings

Makerere’s MaRCCI receives cars worth a billion shillings

Mak Regional Centre for Crop Improvement has procured three cars totaling-up to one billion Uganda Shillings to help it operationalize more efficiently. The vehicles are a 2018 Model 29 seater minibus Registration No. UBD 487Q which costed $106,000 USD and two double cabins Registration Nos. UBD 485Q & UBD 488Q  which costed $50,000 USD each. […]

Makerere signs an MoU with African Strategic Leadership Centre

Makerere signs an MoU with African Strategic Leadership Centre

Makerere University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Africa Strategic Leadership Center (ASLC) in a collaborative initiative of leaders from the public and private sectors. ASLC intends to partner with the university due to its highest number of human resource, including 60 professors who would collaborate in conducting research in agriculture, food security and climate […]

Kwame Nkrumah’s daughter at Makerere for the ALSC signing

Kwame Nkrumah’s daughter at Makerere for the ALSC signing

Samia Cristiana Yaba, has visited  Makerere  University for the first time to witness the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the University and the Africa Strategic Leadership Center in collaboration with leaders from the public and private sectors.. Yaba , is the only daughter to the legendary Pan Africanist and the first President of Ghana, Kwame […]

Government develops software for primary and secondary syllabus

Government develops software for primary and secondary syllabus

The Uganda government through the National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) in partnership with  Sensal Systems Ltd has developed a software with which to upload the primary and secondary syllabus. The software is both an online and offline system where learning materials will be converged. This “virtual Learn” technology is to be installed on a tablet and also […]