Several students were on Monday, 1st November left stranded after their lecturers at Makerere and Kyambogo Universities failed to show up. The students, who haven’t studied physically since June were not given any clear reason as to why lecturers were not available after several notices informing them to pay tuition.
According to URN, a local news agency, most of the lecture rooms were empty at the mentioned institutions. Apparently, some students were just roaming around campus premises while others were spotted attending online classes as they tapped on campus WI-FI.
Only three physical classes were ongoing at the Department of Chemistry and the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Makerere University, according to the mentioned news agency.
Emmanuel Olwenyi, a student pursuing Bachelors of Science with Education at Makerere University, said that he was expecting to have a presentation at 8am as informed by the lecturer, but by 11:00am, the lecturer had not turned up.
Another student, Bernard Musamba, a fresher pursuing Bachelors of Science in Conservation Biology noted that he was waiting on communication from his lecturer who had not turned up for the session.
Campus Bee understands that final year students at Makerere will sit for their examinations after two weeks of physical lectures.
“Some lecturers have never taught us anything listed on the course outlines. We have barely covered 50 percent of the required content, what are they expecting us to do,” Proscovia Mukoda from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences said.
At Kyambogo University, several students were seen stranded in a lecture room confused on what to do.
While commenting on the matter, Prof Elly Katunguka, the Kyambogo University Vice-Chancellor noted that the university management has issued a communication to the deans of students in different faculties to make sure that physical teaching and learning activities for the selected groups of learners kick off immediately.
