Information reaching our news desk this morning confirms, the Senate of Makerere University has given the 2019/2020 academic year internship/field attachment a go-ahead during the COVID-19 pandemic in observation of the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
In a letter addressed through the Academic Registrar to The Principals, Deans of Schools and Colleges of the University, the Senate unveils a number of guidelines to be followed during the internship process, to curb the spread of the Coronavirus.
For the purpose of clarity on the modalities that colleges will pick from for conducting the internship as noted in the letter by the Academic Registrar, we list them respectively below:
- Allow students with ready placements to proceed with their host institutions, in observation of COVID-19 SOPs
- Organize students to undertake practical activities, working remotely with the host institutions
- Students work in small groups or as individuals on industry/work – based assignments and present before internship Committees’
- Engage organizations to propose projects/ problems that can be worked on by students remotely to provide solutions
- Students undertake own designed projects in accordance with deliverables approved by internship supervisors
- Students participate in staff-led projects to undertake activities with clear deliverables approved by College Internship Committees.
- Allow students to carry out projects to test classroom knowledge and applicability from their environment and write extended essays to be presented and graded.
- That the University shall coordinate with the Ministry of Education and Sports on the matter.
The Senate’s ‘special’ meeting to come to these resolutions was held on 1st June 2020, which involved robust discussions and decisions for as far as progress of the academic year is involved.
Makerere becomes the first public university to organize for a healthy internship/field attachment process amidst the Coronavirus pandemic.
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