The National Council of Higher Education (NCHE) has warned that private universities without a charter risk closure this year.
Addressing journalists yesterday, the executive director of NCHE, Prof Mary Okwakol, said by acquiring charter status, the university will help in delivering quality education that meets international standards.
“In 2018, we requested the universities, which are provisionally licensed to produce road maps towards applying for charter status, regrettably, not long after that, a number of them produced them but as you are aware in 2020, we had the Covid-19 pandemic,” she said.
“But at the moment, we are studying the road maps and guiding each institution. We expect not long from now, all of them should be able to apply for charter status,” Prof Okwakol added.
She added that the NCHE act provides that a provisionally licensed university only holds a provision status for at least three years.
Below are the provisionally licensed universities that risk closure;
• Africa Renewal University
• African Rural University
• Aga Khan University
• All Saints University, Lango
• Ankole Western University
• Avance International University
• Cavendish University
• Clarke International University
• Equator University of Science and Technology
• Fins Medical University (FMU)
• Great Lakes Regional University
• Ibanda University
• Islamic Call University College
• King Ceasar University
• Kumi University
• Limkokwing of Creative Technology
• Livingstone International University
• Metropolitan International University
• Muteesa I Royal University
• Nexus International University
• Rwenzori International University
• St. Lawrence University
• Team University
• Uganda Pentecostal University
• Uganda Technology and Management University (UTAMU)
• Unicaf University
• University of Kisubi
• University of Saint Joseph Mbarara
• University of the Sacred Heart, Gulu
• Valley University of Science & Tech
