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Mak Director DICTS hands over office, Mr. Mugabi Samuel Paul appointed Acting Director

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On 10th May 2018, the Outgoing Director, for ICT Support (DICTs) Eng. Frank Kitumba handed over office to the appointed Acting Director Mr. Mugabi Samuel Paul. 

The handover ceremony took place at the Directorate of ICT Support, College of Engineering Design Art and Technology (CEDAT) and was presided over by Acting Deputy Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration Dr. Eria Hisali.  It was witnessed by Mr. Walter Yorac Nono-the Director of Internal Audit, Mr. Andrew Abunyang- Director of Human Resource and Mr. Henry Mwebe – the Director Legal Affairs.

The Outgoing Director, Eng. Frank Kitumba thanked Makerere University Appointments Board, Makerere University Council and Management for granting him the opportunity to serve in the position of the Director for more than four years. He thanked University community for the support and the staff in DICTs for the teamwork during his tenure. He recommended for specialisation of tasks in the Directorate to enable efficiency and quality work.

Some of the Managment Members that witnessed the handover ceremony.

“Given the size of Makerere University, I strongly call for a specialised enforcement of tasks.  We need to specifically identify people who can handle data and specific people to handle systems. I am happy that the ICT structure of Makerere University has been adopted by so many institutions, this is a clear indicator that we have the best ICT structure,” he said.  He warmly welcomed the Acting Director and congratulated him upon his new role.

The Acting Deputy Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration Dr. Eria Hisali, congratulated Mr. Mugabi upon his new role. He thanked the Outgoing Director for his selfless service towards Makerere University when he said, “We appreciate your commitment, and contribution towards this institution.  With your responsibility as the Director, DICTs has witnessed several achievements. This portrays you as a good leader,” he said. 

Mr. Mugabi Samuel Paul- the Manager, End User Support in the Directorate of ICT Support, was officially appointed the Acting Director of DICTs on 1st May 2018. He thanked Management for the opportunity accorded to him to serve the Institution as the Acting Director of DICTS and promised to work with his team to ensure expert services and guidance on ICT to all academic and administrative units of the University. In the same spirit, Mr. Mugabi thanked the Outgoing Director for his effective leadership and guidance during his tenure.

“It is upon your great input that the Directorate will continue to leverage ICT to enable teaching, research and learning purposes at the institutions. To the staff, I promise to continue working as a team to meet the University objectives. With you and with the help of Management, I undertake this responsibility so that the Directorate realises its mandate,” he said.

Article by: Nabatte Proscovia, Mak Public Relations Office
 

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Special Exam Results -Diploma in Performing Arts 2025/26

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The results for the 2025/2026 special entry examination for the Diploma in Performing Arts held on Saturday 17th May, 2025. Candidates who scored a final mark of 50% and above passed the Examination and have been recommended to the university’s Admissions Committee for consideration.

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Mature Age Scheme Exam Results for 2025/2026

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The Office of Academic Registrar, Makerere University has released full results for the Mature Age Entry Scheme Examinations for the Academic Year 2025/2026 held on Saturday 14th December, 2024.

The Candidates who scored a final mark of 50% and above passed the examination and have been recommended by the Pre-Entry & Mature Age Committee to the University’s Admissions Board for Consideration.

The Aptitude Exam  Results for 2025/2026 Academic Year released in February 2025 can be found here.

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Directorate of Graduate Training Completes Training of First Cohort Training of Supervisors

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By Moses Lutaaya

The Directorate of Graduate Training (DGT) has in collaboration with Centre for Teaching and Learning completed the training of the first cohort of Graduate Supervisors.

Participants were academic staff from two colleges namely, College of Engineering, Art and Design (CEDAT) and the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES).

The three-day training that took place at the Telepresence Centre, Senate Building ended on Friday 20thJune 2025.

In his closing remarks to the participants, the Director of Graduate Training Prof. Julius Kikooma said, “This is the first cohort we are working together with the Center for Teaching and Learning to put together continuous professional development Program so that we are able to enforce the new teaching and learning policy.”

He said that before lecturers are allocated students for supervision, they must first go through this form of formal teaching and learning training to equip them thoroughly with certification required of supervision of graduate students.

“We are coming up with process to ensure that the certificates earned by participants allow you to supervise graduate students. This is the direction of the university and we must ensure that such trainings are concluded and completed successfully by all participants”, Prof. Kikooma.

Prof. Julius Kikooma – Director of Graduate Training

“We can only have you certified upon completing all the exercises in the training process. This is when you will be eligible to receive the work load for supervision”, He added.

“This training of Supervisors is going to be continuous so that all academic staff in colleges and schools are equipped. This first cohort is going to be our building block to the future trainings in the colleges.”

With such capacity building trainings, Prof. Kikooma said that the university is on the right path to achieving its targets in the new strategic plan of increasing the number of graduate students while progressively reducing the under graduate students.

He further hinted that, “We are in the process of writing a curriculum on this, which will be presented for approval before it is rolled out.”

He echoed all participants to share the knowledge they have acquired adding, “Share all you have learnt, do not keep it. Be open minded, have proper communication channels and the sky will be the limit for you.” 

Dr. Robinah N. Kulabako, The Head of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at CEDAT welcomed the training adding, “This training is very pertinent. I have had the opportunity to supervise Masters and PhD students for over 15 years and I must say that the need to be subjected to this training cannot be over emphasized because there is need to learn, unlearn and relearn many aspects involved in the supervision process.”

She added, “We are moving towards knowledge-based supervision rather than experience-based supervision. This means we must be informed and equipped to be able to advise, guide and mentor to be able to lead a successful supervision journey for both supervisor and supervisee.”

Dr. Andrew Gilbert Were – a lecturer at CEDAT and a participant said, “It is important that all supervisors of graduate students receive this certification from Makerere University through a systematic training process that enables them to attain diverse skills to facilitate learning of graduate students from diverse cultures and with unique set of circumstances.”

“This training is long overdue. In fact, it was an oversight that we could be allowed to supervise students without undergoing supervisors’ training.”

Dr. Dorothy Ssebowa, The Director Centre for Teaching and Learning support- CEES said, “The training this time round has had a mix of early career professionals including Lecturers, Supervisors and Professors share experiences. We have learnt a lot more from experienced supervisors who have shared practices on how they have done supervision over the years.”

“The knowledge and experience-based approaches have made this collaboration very active, interactive and learner centered which has resulted into a collaborative learning from the interdisciplinarity of staff from CEDAT and CAES. The issue now is to continue with professional development across all levels.” She added.

The Makerere University Directorate of Graduate Training (DGT) in collaboration with the Centre for Teaching and Learning completed the training of the first cohort of Graduate Supervisors. This activity was supported by the iCARTA – Institutionalization of Advanced Research Training in Africa, a NORHED II Project at Makerere University.

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