As many Kyambogo University 2019/2020 graduands are preparing for their much delayed graduation ceremony slated for 21st of September 2021, over 30 graduands from the Social Works and Social Administration (SWASA) class are frustrated after discovering that their marks are missing.
The affected were offering an elective course unit “Entrepreneurship and microfinance” from the faculty of social sciences. Campus Bee was informed that this course unit was not supposed to be taught to them since it was regarded as a mop up (last option for retakers who awaiting graduation)
According to the victims, the lecturer in charge of the course unit, allegedly knew he was to teach mop up students but went ahead to teach the wrong group (continuing students) unknowingly. The course unit was included on the timetable as a normal paper as a mop up and students did it.
Currently after clearing their graduation fees, they discovered that the results for that particular course unit are missing.
‘’For over one and half years, we have been going to the department inquiring why our results are not on the portal. Mr. Jimmy who fills in marks would say he had the results but needed confirmation from Dr Mugisha to upload them. We listened to him thinking that it will be worked on,” one of the graduands who preferred confidentiality revealed.
‘’At first, they said they never gave an appointment letter to the lecturer who taught us after going through their documents then they said he was signed to teach mop ups. The word mop up; it’s our first time to hear it in the whole session of orientation and fresher’s ball no one mentioned it,’’ He added.
‘’The syllabus was new which is a good thing but we never had any one to take us though what is on the syllabus and what is out so all our confidence was put to the department that do guide us on what we do. We therefore, request the university management to look into this matter seriously so that we don’t lose another year by telling us to re-do the paper yet we are about to graduate,’’ he concluded.
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