Makerere University students are reportedly ‘dusting-off’ their handouts after their Vice Chancellor, Prof Barnabas Nawangwe revealed that the institution plans to commence exams within a fortnight despite the ongoing hinderances.
Prof Nawangwe made the remarks while at the online 9th Certified Public Accountants Economic Forum organised by the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda. He made a presentation on the topic: ‘Disruption and recovery of the education sector: optimising the opportunities’.
The VC said the senate and council have approved the new methods and they plan to start the examinations with over 50% of staff sensitised about the new methods and the sensitisation will continue to get everyone including students on board.
“We are training staff to examine students who are not here without fear. People fear and question who will do the exams when the students are not being supervised in a classroom. There are universities that have not stopped teaching and are examining students because of the pandemic”, Nawangwe stated.
“We cannot say we will wait until the lockdown is lifted and we examine our students that may mean they have to wait for a very long time”, he added.
With last year’s lockdown students were allowed on campus for examination but that did not happen as another lockdown followed leaving learners stranded in same academic year. The examinations have been postponed before and now management needs to conduct them starting within the next two weeks.
“We cannot say we will wait until the lockdown is lifted and we examine our students that may mean they have to wait for a very long time”, Prof Nawangwe insisted.
