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Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) is a national assessment body in Uganda, established in 1983 by an act of Parliament. [1] The UNEB Secretariat is headed by the Executive Secretary, who is the Chief Executive head and the accounting officer of the board.
The idea to start IUIU was conceived at the second summit of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference in 1974. The university was inaugurated in February 1988 with 80 students. The main objective of the university is to serve the higher education needs of the English-speaking Muslim community in Southern and Eastern Africa. The university ...
The University campus is located in Mengo, Rubaga Division, in Kampala, Uganda's largest city and capital.The university campus sits on 11 acres (4.5 ha) of land and is located near Kabaka's Lake, in Mengo, close to the main Lubiri (Palace of the Kabaka of Buganda), 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of the central business district of Kampala.
In 2009, GU established a constituent college in the city of Lira, [10] which is about 100 kilometres (62 mi) to the southeast of Gulu. [11] The campus, then named Lira University College, [12] admitted its first students in August 2012 (100 of them). [13]
The present system of education, known as Universal Primary Education (UPE), has existed since 1997, [4] and its introduction was the result of democratisation and open elections, as there was popular support for free education. [5] Despite its promising boosts in enrolment, issues with funding and organisation have continued to plague the UPE.
A new Faculty of Engineering at the campus in Fort Portal, in Western Uganda, was also declared open. [8] Raphael p'Mony Wokorach is the new Chairman of UMU's Governing Council succeeding Sanctus Lino Wanok who served for 8 years. In June 2023, he was unveiled at Pope Paul Memorial Hotel, Rubaga. [9]
African Rural University was established in 2006 [4] and accredited by the Uganda National Council for Higher Education in 2011. [5]It was the first university in Africa that has focused on teaching sustainable agriculture exclusively to women. [6]
IUEA has its main campus on a 20 acres (8.1 ha) piece of property at Kansanga, a south-eastern suburb of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. Kansanga lies approximately 6 kilometres (3.7 mi), by road, southeast of the central business district of Kampala. [11]