Makerere changes admission rules
Mar 13, 2011
MAKERERE University will revise the criteria of admitting private students in the coming academic year.
By Conan Businge
MAKERERE University will revise the criteria of admitting private students in the coming academic year.
Vice-chancellor Prof. Venansius Baryamureeba said: “As long as there are qualified applicants from either sex, not more than 60% of either girls or boys will be admitted to any programme under private sponsorship.â€
Makerere’s new move on private admissions is similar to the one on the Government admissions.
The university, in consultation with the education ministry, is considering revising the government sponsorship admission criteria to ensure that reasonable numbers of both girls and boys join each course.
Makerere may impose an admission ratio of 60:40 for government sponsorship in humanities (arts) and 70:30 for science courses; in favour of the less-represented sex in each academic discipline.
The senate will decide on the proposals this month. The new measures are expected to be in place before Makerere’s admissions in August.
If the proposals are adopted, Makerere will be the first public university in the country to implement such a policy.
In the past, girls performed poorly in admissions to science courses, but got more admissions to arts courses.
The planned move on government admissions is one of the recommendations made by Makerere’s gender mainstreaming directorate in a report to the university senate.
The report was written after the review of the 1.5 point scheme (for women) at Makerere University. Girls joining public universities in Uganda are given an extra 1.5 points.
The university senate resolved that the 1.5 points scheme be maintained.
“The senate also asked us (the gender mainstreaming division) to study the impact of the proposed government admissions criteria before they are implemented,†said acting director Catherine Kanabahita recently.
“We will make sure a decision is passed before we admit students on government sponsorship in the coming academic year,†Kanabahita added.
The policy of giving additional 1.5 points to female students is subject to periodic review.
The Government’s policy of mainly funding science courses has hindered girls from joining public universities.
The admission list of government-sponsored students at public universities last year showed that of all the students admitted on merit, only about 38.7% were girls.
Makerere University’s statistics show that few girls opt for sciences at A’level and as a result, most science programmes are dominated by boys.
MAKERERE University will revise the criteria of admitting private students in the coming academic year.
Vice-chancellor Prof. Venansius Baryamureeba said: “As long as there are qualified applicants from either sex, not more than 60% of either girls or boys will be admitted to any programme under private sponsorship.â€
Makerere’s new move on private admissions is similar to the one on the Government admissions.
The university, in consultation with the education ministry, is considering revising the government sponsorship admission criteria to ensure that reasonable numbers of both girls and boys join each course.
Makerere may impose an admission ratio of 60:40 for government sponsorship in humanities (arts) and 70:30 for science courses; in favour of the less-represented sex in each academic discipline.
The senate will decide on the proposals this month. The new measures are expected to be in place before Makerere’s admissions in August.
If the proposals are adopted, Makerere will be the first public university in the country to implement such a policy.
In the past, girls performed poorly in admissions to science courses, but got more admissions to arts courses.
The planned move on government admissions is one of the recommendations made by Makerere’s gender mainstreaming directorate in a report to the university senate.
The report was written after the review of the 1.5 point scheme (for women) at Makerere University. Girls joining public universities in Uganda are given an extra 1.5 points.
The university senate resolved that the 1.5 points scheme be maintained.
“The senate also asked us (the gender mainstreaming division) to study the impact of the proposed government admissions criteria before they are implemented,†said acting director Catherine Kanabahita recently.
“We will make sure a decision is passed before we admit students on government sponsorship in the coming academic year,†Kanabahita added.
The policy of giving additional 1.5 points to female students is subject to periodic review.
The Government’s policy of mainly funding science courses has hindered girls from joining public universities.
The admission list of government-sponsored students at public universities last year showed that of all the students admitted on merit, only about 38.7% were girls.
Makerere University’s statistics show that few girls opt for sciences at A’level and as a result, most science programmes are dominated by boys.