unemployment in Uganda

UMA launches programme to expand internship opportunities for graduates

UMA launches programme to expand internship opportunities for graduates

The Uganda Manufacturers’ Association has launched a project that seeks to provide internship opportunities to University graduates in a move to equip them with skills. The Internship Program targeting students mainly pursuing courses in Science and Technology will offer them an opportunity to have practical experience with various industries. The Project running from 2015-2017, aims […]

Makerere University graduates stare unemployment in the face

Happiness seems to be turning into despair for the over 1,570 graduate teachers who received their degrees at Makerere University’s graduation on Tuiesday as the ministry of education said it will not consider employing them any time soon. The Commissioner for Secondary Education in the Ministry of Education, Francis Agula says the ministry’s recruitment plan […]

King of Buganda wants vocational studies incorporated in the national curriculum

By Mugisa Isaac Mathias The Kabaka of Buganda, his highness Ronald Muwenda Mutebii II has called upon government to include vocational training in the national curriculum. He was speaking in Mengo while officiating at the 5th graduation ceremony of Buganda royal institute of business and technical education where 1260 students received diplomas in business and […]

Uganda youth call for a National unemployment policy

The African Youth Development Program has appealed to the Uganda government to come up with a national youth policy to help fight unemployment in the country. An official from the organization, Ahmed Hadji told journalists in Kampala that the policy will among other things help to ensure the proper management of the recent fund created […]

Mukono University Students urged to promote social transformation

  The Acting Chairman of the Public Service Commission, Charles Ebong has urged graduates to promote social transformation in the communities and various institutions of government when they get employed after graduating. Ebong has told students Uganda Christian University in Mukono that today many institutions and communities in Uganda are breaking down and they need […]