The Rector of Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) Professor Ismail Simbwa Gyagenda has asked first year students of the institution to have good manners saying education without good morals is destructive.
Professor Gyagenda made the remarks last night during an interactive meeting with the first year students at IUIU Main Campus in Mbale City.
The Rector says the Islamic University in Uganda ensures that its students and graduates are moral because education without morality is destructive.
“IUIU has dedicated lecturers that are ready to teach you skills and character because education without character is destructive. IUIU loves you and this university needs you to be somebody. The dedicated lecturers are ready to make you become somebody,”
“Don’t cheat in examinations. IUIU will allow you to cheat in exams and become a medical doctor who don’t know what to do,” Professor Gyagenda says.
Professor Gyagenda congratulated the first year students for joining the second oldest University in Uganda.
“Let me congratulate you for joining the Islamic University in Uganda. Let me congratulate you for joining the second oldest University in the country after the hill, ‘Makerere University.’ On behalf of University Council, Member Countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (0IC”), I am wishing you a successful academic journey at this institution,” Professor Gyagenda says.
The IUIU Rector advises the students to use their presence at the evergreen campus appropriately by working hard in class.
“University is where you become a universal man or lady. I can imagine how you are feeling because I was also once a fresher at Makerere University in 1976. Use your stay here to explore. A complete intellectual must know something about anything,” Professor Gyagenda says.
In his remarks, 33rd Guild President of the Islamic University in Uganda, His Excellency Yusuf Welunga said his leadership is ready to help the fresh men and women to achieve dreams.
Islamic University in Uganda has over 10, 000 students from 23 countries in its four campuses namely Main Campus in Mbale City, Females Campus in Kabojja-Wakiso District, Kampala Campus in Kampala City and Arua Campus in Arua City.
The university was established in 1988 by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in partnership with Government of Uganda to serve the Anglophone African countries. In 1990, Parliament of Uganda passed the Islamic University in Uganda Act formally establishing of the University in the “Pearl of Africa.” The university operates within the Act.
