The Bank of Uganda challenge is on again but this time round at university level. The first was with secondary students in 2014.
This infotainment program’s target is to spread information about financial services to a wider audience.
In this challenge, university students from over 30 accredited and licensed higher institutions of learning will participate in games, quizzes, debates and a case study at last. In this, they’ll show the capability of what The Central Bank does and other financial players. The students will be able to explain what the Central Bank does in a layman’s language to the general public.
The challenge training is set to begin in April and the real shooting of the challenge between June-July when all campuses are through with the exam period. And the criteria through which the universities are to choose their respective contestants is based on their different organisational cultures. Thus, the actual choice is left to the administration to cater for their own interests. “Whereas some might want to send a team that is well skilled in economics, this does not mean that students from medical school or theology cannot participate,” said George .W. Sonko the communications officer of the Challenge. Each University is expected to choose and send three participants.
The Academic Registrar, Makerere University, Alfred Namoah Masikye, urged students to participate actively and show the talents they’ve acquired at MAK.
Other students are also free to participate in the mini challenge on Facebook by answering queries and the student who posts the right answer first will win themselves points.
We oftenly spend all our lives working for our money but we never let our money work for us. So come June-July, tune in and watch as you get to know how to let your money work for you.
All this was unveiled at MAK Main Hall yesterday by a team of ambassadors from B.O.U.
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