The National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) has agreed to scrap the use of the word expired in the categorization of academic programmes at universities and tertiary institutions, pending a review exercise expected to end weeks of national anxiety. The Council chaired by Prof Eli Katunguka, the Vice Chancellor of […]
The governing Council of the National Council for Higher Education is set to sit this afternoon to resolve on the proposals been made by heads of universities and other tertiary institutions on “expired” programmes. NCHE and universities have in the recent past been on the spot for allegedly teaching expired […]
Parliament’s Committee on Education and Sports will today start examining the saga of academic and professional programmes reportedly being taught illegally at Uganda’s public and private universities and other institutions of higher learning. The media this week made shocking revelations that some Ugandan degree holders are having their applications for […]
Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka has assured Ugandans that all degrees that have been issued by various universities are valid and within the provision of the law. Kiwanuka has emphasized that under the law, there is no provision for the expiry of courses, describing it as a case of bad choice […]
Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa has tasked the Ministry of Education to present a detailed statement on non-accredited “expired “courses tomorrow without fail. “The country must be updated about the situation because some of the information I got from a very critical stakeholder was that the original statement on […]
