Over the weekend, the newly elected National Executive Committee (NEC) together with the District Executive Committee (DEC) assembled at the prestigious Makerere University to suggest ways on how they could deliver their best to all students of Uganda. The two- days meeting was chaired by H.E. Jotham Yamurebire Burobuto and a lot was discussed including accountability by the newly appointed acting Executive secretary (Ag. ES) Roman Mugalya.
In his message, Mr. Roman thanked everyone for their support during the Arua council more so the out gone NEC. “It was a successful council with hardly any interruptions and am glad we don’t have any pending court cases from that one,” said Roman. He urged all head teachers to co-operate with the DECs when they are approached for the annual subscription so as to enable the Association carry out its duties efficiently.
The major reason for calling this meeting was to give an insight of the status quo of education in Uganda.” Looking at the recently released U.A.C.E. and U.C.E. examinations, you find that the same regions of northern and eastern Uganda continuously perform worst, this should give us a wakeup call to intervene,” said Mr. Akampulira Humphrey. Presenting a 10 year plan to guide (Uganda National Students’ Association) UNSA on how they could solve problems in the education sector, he emphasized awareness to all stake holders of the poor learning conditions by most of the under-performing schools. He called upon government to use students as human resource for good ideas and always seek their knowledge when trying to solve their problems.
The president, Jotham called upon all executives to give visibility to UNSA. “Several organisations out there have student oriented programmes but often times approach administration to address them. I believe we could be of better help since we are more connected to students than the administration.” Jotham further called upon all vice chancellors to co-operate with NEC whenever they are called upon. He thanked the vice chancellor of Makerere for seeing the relevancy of UNSA. “We are trying to look for scholarships to give to students who might not be financially stable. We therefore urge all those with a helping hand to join us in the struggle of seeing fundamental education delivered to all students in Uganda,” said Jotham.
