Guild Presidents in Uganda under the Guild Presidents Union had a meeting with the Ministry of Education on E-Learning following the closure of educational facilities in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Guild Presidents had the meeting virtually and discussed the way forward on how students can continue learning using Open Distance Learning amid the wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda.
The meeting was chaired by the Guild President of Makerere University Business School (MUBS) His Excellency Robinson Ogwang Apunyo.
This also enabled engagement with the Ministry of Education to find solutions to ease online learning such as scraping off the “Over the Top” Tax (OTT) affected by all students in Uganda.
To add on, they also agreed on the different remedies needed to bail out different students so as to attend online classes such as lack of gadgets, data and expertise.
The Guild Presidents have appointed Patrick Kayizi, the Guild President of Uganda Technology and Management Institute to head the ad hoc committee to write to the Ministry of Education on E-Learning.
The leaders also appointed the Guild President of Islamic University in Uganda Welunga Yusuf to chair an ad hoc committee that will court the Prime Minister of Uganda Honorable Robinah Nabbanja on how to support all stranded students in Uganda during the impromptu holiday.
The meeting was attended by Guild Presidents from universities namely Makerere University Business School, Islamic University in Uganda, Uganda Christian University, Uganda Martyrs University, Gulu University, Kabale University and Busitema University, Uganda Technology and Management Institute University,
Bishop Stuart University, Mountains of the Moon University, Soroti School of Nursing Institute and Executive Secretary to GPAU.
Recently, President Yoweri Museveni ordered the closure of academic institutions as one way of containing the new wave of COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda. Since the onset of the novel virus, over 500 people in Uganda and over 3 Million worldwide have succumbed to it.
