Minister Tumwesigye at the graduation ceremony

The minister of health Dr Elioda Tumwesigye has urged graduands not to under estimate jobs as  they move out because the job market is competitive. Dr Tumwesigye made the remarks while prociding over the 14th graduation ceremony for Kampala International university.

The minister said that as the students complete universities they need to be innovative and create their own jobs instead of wasting a lot of time searching for white collar jobs. Dr Elioda however said that a lot of job opportunities are coming up in the health sector urging science students to be ready to take on these jobs. He said that with the 9th parliament passing the heart and cancer institute bill to make these bodies autonomous, Government plans to establish regional centers for these institutes and these will require a lot of human resource.

About 900 students from Kampala University were awarded with bachelor’s degrees, diplomas and certificates in a various disciplines including medicine, dental surgery, education, business Administration, applied mathematics and information technology among others.

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Undergraduate & Postgraduate Scholarships in Czech Republic: Government Scholarships – Developing Countries

The Government of the Czech Republic offers a number of scholarships within the framework of its Foreign Development Assistance Programme in support of the study of foreign nationals from developing countries at public institutions of higher education in the Czech Republic.

These so called Government Scholarships are designed to cover the standard length of study:

1) in Bachelor/Master study programmes plus one-year preparatory course of the Czech language (which is combined with other field-specific training).

Government scholarships of this category are awarded to graduates from upper secondary schools who can enrol only in study programmes in which they follow instruction in the Czech language.

Depending on the subject area, applicants are normally required to take entrance examinations at the respective institution of higher education.

The scholarship award is conditional upon a successful passing of entrance examinations;

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2) in follow-up Master study programmes or Doctoral study programmes.

Government scholarships of this category are awarded to graduates from Bachelor or Master study programmes, respectively, who enrol in study programmes with instruction in the English language.

Scholarship applications together with the required attachments are to be submitted to the appropriate Czech Embassy in the applicant’s country before the deadline set by the Embassy so that the applicants’ dossiers reach the respective Czech authorities (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport).

Students who, at the time of application, stay in the Czech Republic may submit the respective documents to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department for Development Co-operation, by 31 December of the preceding year at the latest.

A limited number of scholarships is offered to students from developing countries who file their applications with the respective National UNESCO Commissions.

For contact information on individual local offices seehttp://www.unesco.org/ (and search under the heading Communities, National Commissions).

Deadline is 15 January each year.

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Addressing the media at the university campus in Nsambya today, the university’s chairman, university council, Dr. Ketrine Salati revealed that 300 students are set to graduate with degrees, diplomas and certificates in various disciplines. Of these, 56% are female and 44% are male.

Dr. Salati says most of the graduates are drawn from neighboring countries such as South Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda.

He reveals the university has acquired 11 acres of land in Sseguku on Entebbe road where a permanent university campus will be built.

He adds that Cavendish will starting next year set up regional centers in Uganda, with Soroti and Kisoro among the pioneer centers.

Dr. Salati adds that the university will also establish itself in South Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi and DR Congo.

President Yoweri Museveni is expected to be the chief guest at the graduation.

Also expected is the university’s chancellor and Former Zambia President, Dr. Kenneth Kaunda.

By Olive Eyotaru

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