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DICTS Drive Enhances WiFi Coverage at Mak Main Campus
The Directorate for ICT Support (DICTS) is currently improving WiFi coverage across the Makerere University Main Campus through a Sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) grant as well as from Internally Generated Funds. The grant, won by DICTS, is managed by Prof. Tonny Oyana, Principal-College of Computing and Information Sciences (CoCIS) and will support operationalisation of the revised Makerere University ICT Poilcy and Masterplan.
The 3-year (2018-2020) project being implemented in collaboration with the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences (DSV) at Stockholm University will emphasise cost-effective use of ICT resources to leverage on the University functions of research, teaching and learning. Additionally, the project will institute Integrated Management Information Systems (IMIS) frameworks while adding value, efficiency and cost reduction in the day-to-day business processes of the university.
Through the project, our WiFi coverage, which currently stands at 34% will gradually improve every financial year until we attain the recommended coverage for the Main and satellite campuses.
This financial year, DICTS is focusing on WiFi enhancement at the Main Building, Senate Building, CoCIS, College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology (CEDAT), School of Women and Gender Studies, Mary Stuart Hall and Mugenyi Flats while other colleges and satellite campuses will be considered in the next budgeting cycle.
We are going to implement the 802.11ac WiFi standard which supports Gigabit speeds (super fast) and should therefore offer better internet experience. If your mobile device doesn’t support the 802.11ac standard, do not worry as this standard is backward compatible with older WiFi standards (802.11b/g/n) so users with older devices will still be able to connect and access internet services although at slower speeds.
If you are particularly interested in knowing whether your phone supports the 802.11ac WiFi standard, please visit https://www.gsmarena.com, select your mobile device model and look at “COMMS” under the specifications of the device.
Users are encouraged to continue engaging DICTS on issues of ICT service improvement within the University and for support services. Log your ICT inquiry on https://support.mak.ac.ug/ or send an email to helpme[at]dicts.mak.ac.ug and our End-user support team will help you.
Article by Mugabi Samuel, Director, Directorate for ICT Support (DICTS)
Additional Information by Prof. Buyinza Mukadasi, Director, Directorate for Research and Graduate Training (DRGT)
By Agnes Namaganda
On July 22nd 2022, Makerere University–Child Health and Development Centre (Mak–CHDC) launched a draft manual for the National Parenting Standards. The Centre has been working together with the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD) with funding from UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund), to develop standards that are agreeable to all organisations in the country that are involved in parenting work. The draft manual was being presented to members of a consortium that brings together all these organisations together, called the Parenting Agenda Consortium.
“We produce many documents and they are shelved,” Irene Ayot Chono, who was speaking on behalf of UNICEF said. “We hope that this document will not be one of them,” she emphasized.
Dr. Godfrey Siu, the Principal Investigator from Mak-CHDC who presented the draft manual to participants, emphasized that if any organization is doing parenting work, there should be a minimum package that they should offer.
Draft Manual Content
The manual which will have several modules. These modules will be delivered face-to-face in 1.5 hour sessions. Some of these include; Module 6 which will focus on “understanding responsible masculinity and fatherhood” and on “understanding the concept of head of family.”The draft manual also proposed that Module 11 focuses on Parenting in the 21st Century. Some of the sessions in this module will include Children and Technology, Contemporary Influence on Children and Modernity, Culture and Morality.Module 9 will focus on Parenting for Adolescents and some of the suggested sessions within this module are Needs for Adolescents and The Art of Communicating with Adolescents. Module 5 will focus on Preventing Violent Parenting and Promoting Alternative Discipline Strategies while Module 10 will be about Parenting to Address the Mental Health for Children and Adults.
Participants’ suggestions
After the presentation, participants raised several suggestions for discussion and consideration. These included whether there should be a module on spirituality since Uganda is a strongly religious nation. There was also the concern of how children in remand homes should be parented. Another concern raised by a participant was as to whether teachers who make an undeniable contribution to parenting, should be taken through the parenting manual.
In her closing remarks, Ms. Juliana Naumo Akoryo, the Director of Cultural Affairs at the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD) said that the manual is for the parenting organisations to utilize and not for MGLSD.
Ms. Chono also adjured the team behind the manual to use picture illustrations in the manual that can be relatable by the Ugandan parents.
Contact: Agnes Namaganda – agnesvioletnamaganda@gmail.com
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