The Ministry of Education and National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) have explained that they cannot do much about pre- entry exams in universities.
The new budget allocation to the sector represents an increment of 504.6 billion from the current financial year 2018/2019 sector budget of 2.78 trillion shillings.
According to the results that were released today, there was a reduction of 4780 candidates compared to those that sat for the examinations in 2017. In 2017 15,944 candidates sat compared to 11,164 in 2018
Dr. Isaac Okullo, the Deputy Principal of the College of Health Sciences, Dr. Rose Chalo Nabirye-the Dean of the School of Health Sciences were relieved of their duties for incompetence, while Fatumah Nakatudde-the Deputy College Registrar and Paul Apunyo, a senior Administrative Assistant were dismissed for alleged altering student's marks.
Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe, the institution’s Vice Chancellor decried the reduced funding citing that JICA withdrew funding “at a time when East Africa needed it the most.”
Prof. Jasper Ogwal noted with concern the reduction of their budget from Shillings 17.5 billion this financial year to Shillings 16.9 billion in the next financial year.
Dr. Jane Egua, the Commissioner for Teacher Training and Education, says that low enrollment is affecting the operations of the colleges, which in turn affects the quality output.
