By Admin kakobamedia
1000 of continuing students and recent graduates at both Public and Private Ugandan universities are in danger after it emerged that the courses they are pursuing, or completed, are expired. Any degree or diploma programme which is not accredited for teaching by the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE), is the one regarded as expired, this makes it difficult for students to attain admission from university overseas but also makes it a risk for someone to get a Job. It is said these universities use the updates from (NCHE) for admission, and since over 2256courses in both universities and institutes are indicated as expired this limits.
This came to the eyes of the public after the Ms Shamim Nambassa Makerere University’s 87th guild president, shared an email of University of Bristol in the United Kingdom refusing to admit an alumna of Makerere University, who wanted to purse an advanced degree in Biomedical Laboratory Technology
“We accept applicants with a Bachelor’s degree from a Ugandan university with programme accreditation, we use the NHCE website …,” an official of the University of Bristol wrote in reply to the Uganda applicant. The letter added: “The entry for the Bachelor of Biomedical Laboratory for Makerere University indicates that this programme was accredited on March 26, 2010 to March 26, 2015 and it expired in 2015. As you graduated in 2018 after the programme accreditation expired, we are therefore unable to accept your qualification.” The reply stated
NCHE updated a list of universities and institutes together with their course are expired on its website.
