(This article was first published in the New Vision on August 25, 2021) By Conan Busingye Competition for places at university is likely to go up this year due to improved performance and increased number of A’level candidates who qualify for university entry. An analysis of the overall candidates’ performance in the examination shows that […]
By Dr Ambrose Kibuuka It is now common knowledge that a university degree remains a vital achievement, but it does not guarantee a good life, let alone a job. The recent demonstrations by Makerere University fresh graduates on the streets of Kampala reminded us of this rude fact. If you are a young person preparing […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on October 5, 2021) By Martin Kitubi St Mary’s Secondary School Kitende and Uganda Martyrs’ Secondary School Namugongo have dominated admissions for medical programmes to Makerere University under government scholarship. An analysis of the admissions list released by Makerere on Friday shows that King’s College Budo, […]
(This list was first published in the New Vision on October 4, 2021)
(This article was first published in the Sunday Vision on October 4, 2021) By Martin Kitubi Only 243 of the 1,952 A’level schools that had candidates in last year’s examinations have had students admitted to Makerere University on government scholarships. This implies that 1,709 secondary schools did not have a single candidate who qualified to […]
