Balunywa pleads for business school
Dec 17, 2007
THE Principal of the Makerere University Business School (MUBS), Waswa Balunywa, has insisted that the institution should become independent.
By Francis Emorut
THE Principal of the Makerere University Business School (MUBS), Waswa Balunywa, has insisted that the institution should become independent.
“We would like to make decisions on our own. We would like to break away from the bureaucracies that characterise Makerere University,†he told participants at a workshop on small enterprises recently.
Makerere University and MUBS were involved in squabbles about the independence of the latter, until the Cabinet ruled that MUBS was an affiliate of the former.
Balunywa appealed to the Government to increase funding to the business school.
He revealed that MUBS received 30% funding from the Government, while other tertiary institutions received 70% support.
He also urged the Government to provide research funds for the school and scholarships for Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) students. He pointed out that research was vital in order to realise economic development.
“The Government gives scholarships to PhD students in other universities but we don’t benefit. MUBS is an institution of the Government and we need to have a share of the scholarships.â€
Balunywa hailed the President for recommending that all permanent secretaries must have Masters of Business Administration (MBA) qualifications.
He invited the permanent secretaries to enroll for the programme in MUBS.
Serapio Rukundo, the state minister of tourism, promised to raise Balunywa’s concerns with the education minister.
THE Principal of the Makerere University Business School (MUBS), Waswa Balunywa, has insisted that the institution should become independent.
“We would like to make decisions on our own. We would like to break away from the bureaucracies that characterise Makerere University,†he told participants at a workshop on small enterprises recently.
Makerere University and MUBS were involved in squabbles about the independence of the latter, until the Cabinet ruled that MUBS was an affiliate of the former.
Balunywa appealed to the Government to increase funding to the business school.
He revealed that MUBS received 30% funding from the Government, while other tertiary institutions received 70% support.
He also urged the Government to provide research funds for the school and scholarships for Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) students. He pointed out that research was vital in order to realise economic development.
“The Government gives scholarships to PhD students in other universities but we don’t benefit. MUBS is an institution of the Government and we need to have a share of the scholarships.â€
Balunywa hailed the President for recommending that all permanent secretaries must have Masters of Business Administration (MBA) qualifications.
He invited the permanent secretaries to enroll for the programme in MUBS.
Serapio Rukundo, the state minister of tourism, promised to raise Balunywa’s concerns with the education minister.