Prof. Eriabu Lugujjo, the Executive Director of UVCF told its members that they need all the essential input for the forum for it to perform to the optimum and attract the government’s attention.
Kevin Anena Okumu, a social worker and keynote speaker at the event says many times students make big and ambitious plans that are unachievable in the shortest time after the University.
Dr. Jerry Bagaya, the Gulu University Academic Registrar in an April 4 circular noted that the second-semester examination has been rescheduled to start on April 22 and end on May 7 this year.
Dr Mutyaba was interdicted by the University management in December last year after his academic documents were found to bear inconsistent names, dates of birth, and years of study.
This is the first time the University is issuing transcripts to graduands before graduation following years of complaints over delayed release of transcripts to former students since the institution’s inception in 2002.
Fr. Dr. Jino Mwaka, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Sacred Heart Gulu, stressed the urgency of revitalizing and transforming the education sector in Northern Uganda. Despite the high student population, academic performance in national examinations has persistently lagged behind.
Okello notes that the region witnessed a two-decade-long Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel insurgency that affected many families, leaving them unable to educate their children.
Patricia Bageine Ejalu, the Deputy Executive Director in charge of Standards at UNBS says food quality remains a key issue that needs to be addressed in the education sector if learners are to be safe since most food suppliers are not certified.
Gulu University Vice Chancellor Prof. George Openjuru Ladaah told URN in an interview that the Kotido campus will open its doors to students in August next year.
Hellen Lamunu, the Head-teacher of Sacred Heart Girls School and Northern Uganda Regional Chairperson of the Association of Secondary Head Teachers’ Association expressed concern about the need for learner rehabilitation.
Dr. Mukembo expressed excitement about the appointment and pledged to deliver his best to the Board with the trust invested in him. “Am humbled to add another stone to our country’s building and elevate the name of Gulu University higher," he said,
Gulu District Chief Administrative Officer Ismail Ochengel explains that a jurisdiction row between the district and city council officials over custody of the fund affected the works.
The students say the council hall which hosts key activities among them council meetings of chiefs and mediation exercises is currently in a sorry state and not befitting for the institution.
The audit team is headed by Isiko Mark, an auditor from the Gulu Regional Auditor`s office, and will target at least 600 staff who are believed to be on the University`s payroll.
Prof. George Openjuru Ladaah, the Vice Chancellor of Gulu University told residents of Nadunget Sub-county who donated the land in a meeting last week that the project aims at socio-economic transformation of the Karamoja Sub-region.
Francis Okot, the Gulu University Guild President, noted that the campaign specifically targets sexually active young individuals who are at a higher risk of contracting and spreading HIV. The goal is to create awareness, encourage safe practices, and empower students to actively participate in addressing HIV/AIDS-related issues.
Laker Sharon Peace, the newly elected Speaker of the Institute, noted that many students have been robbed by thugs from their different rental places within the city. Female students have been the most affected, and keeping them in safe hostel facilities is the best solution.
This follows a directive issued by the University Vice Chancellor Prof. George Openjuru Ladaah instructing all teaching and technical staff not to allow any student to sit for examinations without making full tuition payment.
Mothers and babysitters shift from shade to shade while breastfeeding babies, can't concentrate in lectures, and some travel to and from home to attend to their babies.
