MAKERERE University has raised entry points for private
students joining for the 2007/08 academic year.
In a closed meeting yesterday, the university's admissions board approved
the cut-off points. The board also admitted 10,480 students for the 130-day
and evening courses.
A list of the entry points shows that the board raised points for many
arts programmes, while others were reduced. This, according to a source
on the board, is a result of the Government's decision to fund mainly
science programmes.
"There has been a lot of competition for arts programmes because
many students were not admitted on the Government sponsorship scheme,"
the source said. Evening courses have become more competitive than day
courses because of increasing demand for working people to study in the
evening. About 21,000 A'level leavers applied for various courses.
Deputy academic registrar Charles Ekwang yesterday said the list of private
students would be ready in the coming week. The university reduced its
intake from 11,300 to 10,480 students, as recommended by the University
Council in 2005, in an effort to reduce congestion at the 84-year-old
institution. The decision to reduce the intake was taken after public
outcry that the population of over 30,000 was straining the facilities.
The university will not implement a proposal to raise tuition fees, the
source said. Last month, the Government stopped Makerere from increasing
tuition fees.
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