Makerere’s top brains 2006/7

Sep 25, 2007

<b>How they made it</b><br><br>This year, Makerere University has registered a high number of students with first class degrees than the previous years. A total of 93 students will be awarded first class degrees in tomorrow’s graduation, up from 57 students last year. The Faculty of Computing an

How they made it

This year, Makerere University has registered a high number of students with first class degrees than the previous years. A total of 93 students will be awarded first class degrees in tomorrow’s graduation, up from 57 students last year. The Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, which is producing its maiden graduates in IT, takes the lead with 20 students excelling.

A first class degree begins at 4.40 Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA). A CGPA is an overall weighted average of the marks earned throughout the course. The overall number of graduands has also more than doubled. A total of 6,418 students compared to last year’s 3,761, will be awarded degrees and diplomas in various disciplines on the 56th and 57th graduation ceremonies. 42.3 % of the graduands are females.

Conan Businge & Carol Natukunda bring you some of the students who excelled...

Joanita Asio, Bachelor of Computer Science
A former student of Makerere College, Asio has a 4.61 CGPA. “I owe a lot to my friends because they were very supportive. Without them, I would not have made it,” says the third-born of Ambrose Onapita’s family. Asio, who wanted to do Law or Medicine, ended up in Information Technology. She says she wants to be an IT consultant in computer networking. She has already acquired a job with AH Consulting in Naguru. She is grateful to her parents for the support they offered her.

Moses Turyakira, Bachelor of Computer Science
“It is in the first year that people make first class degrees. Whoever thinks of excelling in the second or third year is is wrong. One needs to be serious from the first day.” Turyakira rose to the cream of his class with a CGPA of 4.55. “We should always believe that we can make it in all kinds of situations. That is what has brought me this far.”

George Kyaboona, Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Management
Kyaboona has a CGPA of 4.53. In 2001, he emerged third-best in Kibaale district in the UCE examinations. At his A’ Levels, at St. Mary’s College Kisubi, he was among the top 10 and was admitted to Makerere on government-sponsorship.
“I always commit myself to excellence and this involves being competitive,” he say.

Juliet Aluoch, Computer Science
The Gayaza and Namagunga former student says she is determined to become one of the top accountants in the country. “I am planning to get a certificate in ACCA and will probably get my Masters degree in Computer Science later.”
Aluoch got a 4.55 CGPA. She says: “Good things only come to those that work hard. You need to sacrifice a lot to perform well. This should be done alongside the love for God.”

Emmanuel Pajje, Bachelor of Computer Science
“I was not a bookworm, but I always made sure that I understood what was taught.”
Pajje attained a CGPA of 4.63. He hopes to make it up the ladder in any IT firm. The second-born in a family of seven, Pajje was born to Albert Nabidoma and Alice Musibika in Budaka district. He studied at St. Peter’s College, Tororo for both O’ and A’ levels.

Annet Nalutaaya, Bachelor of Computer Science
“My parents strived to get me to this level. I cannot also forget my friends and lecturers for their encouragement,” says Nalutaaya, a former student of Uganda Martyrs S S Namugongo.
“Those who want to excel should endeavour to be serious from the first day at university. You can never compensate for time wasted,” she says.

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