Govt donates land to Cavendish University
Nov 30, 2011
GOVERNMENT has donated five acres of land to Cavendish University Uganda as part of its commitment to provide a favorable environment for entrepreneurs and institutions wishing to invest in higher education.
By Andrew Ssenyonga
GOVERNMENT has donated five acres of land to Cavendish University Uganda as part of its commitment to provide a favorable environment for entrepreneurs and institutions wishing to invest in higher education.
While presiding over the university’s first graduation at Speke Resort Hotel Munyonyo on Saturday, Education and Sports Minister Jessica Alupo disclosed.
“We thank Cavendish for choosing Uganda as one of the centers in the case of Cavendish, government committed itself to provide land for the university which we have fulfilled,” Alupo said.
She added that the five acres have been committed as a start adding that government will continue to support and co-operate with Cavendish University Uganda.
She said that the land is along Entebbe road and it cost government over sh 600 M
Alupo urged the management of the university to put more emphasis in science and technology fields.
“As a country we still have many gaps in science and technology fields. We would be happy to see the university consider taking science and technology programmes,” Alupo said.
A total of 251students graduated in the first graduation ceremony of the university which started in 2008. Out of the 251 grandaunts, 57 students graduated with Masters Degree and 194 with bachelors’ degree, of which 55% were female.
During the function, David Game, the acting Chancellor of the university, urged graduates to uphold morality as ambassadors of the university.
“We are sending you out there not to conform to the world but to reform it,” he said, adding that, like the biblical Paul, they should “go and uproot unrighteousness and plant righteousness.”
He applauded the government for the commitment and support rendered to them and promised to set up a science and technology faculty in the near future.
“We are still a little far from offering a wider choice in terms of the number of faculties currently on the menu, but infrastructure and resources permitting; we plan to launch the faculty of science and technology followed by the school of agriculture and environment,” Game added.
Ketrine Salati, the University Board Chairman noted the university community and the country owe the President and government a deep sense of gratitude for the manner in which the have developed higher education in the country.
“Uganda is now a regional destination for quality and competitive education services as evidenced by the number of students with us,” Salati said.
He charged the grauands that; “The world you are going into is not lacking in men and women of learning; but of people who work with integrity.”