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I am in S6, studying physics, economics, mathematics and agriculture (PEM/A). I am preparing for the final exams. I have been told of a course called agricultural and rural innovation at Makerere University, which I would like to do.
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I am in S6, studying physics, economics, mathematics and agriculture (PEM/A). I am preparing for the final exams. I have been told of a course called agricultural and rural innovation at Makerere University, which I would like to do. Unfortunately, I don’t know much about its requirements and career opportunities. Which other courses can I opt for in case I fail to get it?
Deo
The Bachelor of Agricultural and Rural Innovation (BARI) is a new academic programme Makerere University introduced this year to equip students with market-oriented skills.
Prof. Samuel Kyamanywa, the dean of faculty of agriculture, says the three-year course was designed to respond to the challenges hindering agricultural and rural development. It equips students with a good balance of theoretical and practical skills in agriculture as well as the capacity to facilitate innovation and change in rural communities.
Senior Six leavers with at least two principal passes in mathematics, economics, biology, agriculture, chemistry, physics, entrepreneurship and geography are eligible for the programme through the direct entry scheme. Those holding a second class diploma or its equivalent in agriculture, education, livestock, forestry, environment, agricultural engineering, fisheries, physical planning, food science, or business studies can also be admitted through the diploma holders’ entry scheme. Other candidates can be admitted through the Mature Age entry scheme, where one must first sit and pass the university entry exams.
Dr. Fred Kabi, the director Makerere University continuing agricultural education centre, says the course is designed to take agriculture to the villages.
Graduates of the course can get jobs in local governments and NGOs that work to fight poverty and develop rural areas.
Kabi says a graduate of this programme can effectively run crop production, livestock, and poultry projects without much help from other experts.
However, the course is fairly competitive. Not more than 100 students were admitted on both government and private sponsorship schemes this year.
Alternatively, Kabi says, your subject combination can enable you pursue courses like architecture, agribusiness management, quantitative economics or statistics. He advises that you put much effort in mathematics since it is the core of most of these courses.
Don’t accept to be fooled into cheating during exams read hard to pass. I wish you success in the final exams.
Compiled by Francis Kagolo
education@newvision.co.ug
I am in S6, studying physics, economics, mathematics and agriculture (PEM/A). I am preparing for the final exams. I have been told of a course called agricultural and rural innovation at Makerere University, which I would like to do. Unfortunately, I don’t know much about its requirements and career opportunities. Which other courses can I opt for in case I fail to get it?
Deo
The Bachelor of Agricultural and Rural Innovation (BARI) is a new academic programme Makerere University introduced this year to equip students with market-oriented skills.
Prof. Samuel Kyamanywa, the dean of faculty of agriculture, says the three-year course was designed to respond to the challenges hindering agricultural and rural development. It equips students with a good balance of theoretical and practical skills in agriculture as well as the capacity to facilitate innovation and change in rural communities.
Senior Six leavers with at least two principal passes in mathematics, economics, biology, agriculture, chemistry, physics, entrepreneurship and geography are eligible for the programme through the direct entry scheme. Those holding a second class diploma or its equivalent in agriculture, education, livestock, forestry, environment, agricultural engineering, fisheries, physical planning, food science, or business studies can also be admitted through the diploma holders’ entry scheme. Other candidates can be admitted through the Mature Age entry scheme, where one must first sit and pass the university entry exams.
Dr. Fred Kabi, the director Makerere University continuing agricultural education centre, says the course is designed to take agriculture to the villages.
Graduates of the course can get jobs in local governments and NGOs that work to fight poverty and develop rural areas.
Kabi says a graduate of this programme can effectively run crop production, livestock, and poultry projects without much help from other experts.
However, the course is fairly competitive. Not more than 100 students were admitted on both government and private sponsorship schemes this year.
Alternatively, Kabi says, your subject combination can enable you pursue courses like architecture, agribusiness management, quantitative economics or statistics. He advises that you put much effort in mathematics since it is the core of most of these courses.
Don’t accept to be fooled into cheating during exams read hard to pass. I wish you success in the final exams.
Compiled by Francis Kagolo
education@newvision.co.ug