Respect varsity graduates,
Jul 06, 2008
EMPLOYERS should respect university graduates and give them jobs suitable to their qualifications, Gabriel Opio, the higher education state minister has said.
By George Bita
EMPLOYERS should respect university graduates and give them jobs suitable to their qualifications, Gabriel Opio, the higher education state minister has said.
He argued that by giving the new employees work related to what they had studied, employers would get the best out of them and enhance efficiency.
“For example, are university graduates supposed to be doing jobs meant for people trained from technical institutes?†he asked.
He explained that if a graduate was employed as a plumber, valuable time could be wasted as they learn plumbing skills on the job.
Opio was on Friday presiding over the seventh graduation ceremony of Busoga University at the main campus in Iganga district.
He disclosed that in response to popular demands for a public university in Busoga region, the Government would turn Namasagali University into an affiliate of the Busia-based Busitema University.
“This financial year, the Government has provided money to Namasagali. We are working on the legal procedures for relocation of property,†Opio said.
The University Council chairperson, Rebecca Kadaga, was happy that 11 law graduates had qualified for post-graduate studies at the Kenya School of Law.
The vice-chancellor Christopher Bakwesegha, thanked God that Kadaga was back to her usual “vibrancy and zeal†after feeling unwell early this year.
Eng. Nathan Muyobo, the academic registrar, received an honorary doctorate of laws degree for his distinguished service to the institution.
“We are still working to clear challenges like lack of facilities. Our God, who has brought us this far, will see us through,†noted Dr. Michael Kyomya, the bishop of Busoga diocese and university patron.
EMPLOYERS should respect university graduates and give them jobs suitable to their qualifications, Gabriel Opio, the higher education state minister has said.
He argued that by giving the new employees work related to what they had studied, employers would get the best out of them and enhance efficiency.
“For example, are university graduates supposed to be doing jobs meant for people trained from technical institutes?†he asked.
He explained that if a graduate was employed as a plumber, valuable time could be wasted as they learn plumbing skills on the job.
Opio was on Friday presiding over the seventh graduation ceremony of Busoga University at the main campus in Iganga district.
He disclosed that in response to popular demands for a public university in Busoga region, the Government would turn Namasagali University into an affiliate of the Busia-based Busitema University.
“This financial year, the Government has provided money to Namasagali. We are working on the legal procedures for relocation of property,†Opio said.
The University Council chairperson, Rebecca Kadaga, was happy that 11 law graduates had qualified for post-graduate studies at the Kenya School of Law.
The vice-chancellor Christopher Bakwesegha, thanked God that Kadaga was back to her usual “vibrancy and zeal†after feeling unwell early this year.
Eng. Nathan Muyobo, the academic registrar, received an honorary doctorate of laws degree for his distinguished service to the institution.
“We are still working to clear challenges like lack of facilities. Our God, who has brought us this far, will see us through,†noted Dr. Michael Kyomya, the bishop of Busoga diocese and university patron.