AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to millions of articles from top publications available through your library.

It's Madness to Scrap Varsity Govt Sponsorship.

The Monitor (Uganda)

| October 14, 2008 | COPYRIGHT 2008 AllAfrica Global Media. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Michael J. Ssali

I was disappointed to read in Daily Monitor of October 3, 2008 that some MPs had proposed scrapping of government sponsorship in public universities and other public tertiary institutions.

The reasons advanced by Kawempe South MP Ssebulima Mutumba, Wakiso Woman MP Rose Ssenninde and Makerere Vice Chancellor Livingstone Luboobi are untenable.

The government sponsorship scheme does not benefit the rich only, unless the MPs are saying the scholarships are awarded corruptly, which to my understanding is not the case.

It is not true for Ssenninde to assert that the best secondary schools are dominated by the children …

Related articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, and more
Revisit Government Sponsorship in Public Universities.
Newspaper article from: New Vision (Uganda) August 18, 2009 700+ words
Public Universities Admit On Friday.
Newspaper article from: New Vision (Uganda) April 14, 2009 700+ words
AAGM: MPs Back Quota System for Admission to Public Universities.
News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire July 12, 2002 700+ words
Stop Govt Sponsorship at Public Universities.
Newspaper article from: New Vision (Uganda) October 6, 2008 700+ words
Public Universities Admissions List Out.
Newspaper article from: The Monitor (Uganda) May 11, 2010 700+ words
©2013 Gale, a part of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Contact us | Privacy policy | Terms and conditions

The AccessMyLibrary advertising network includes: womensforum.com GlamFamily