UGANDA: Cabinet approves district student quotas

Cabinet has recommended that districts approve only 11 slots for students to benefit from the district quota system in Uganda's five public universities, reports the Daily Monitor. A total of 896 students are to be absorbed under the system in all public universities.

The government sponsors 4,000 students in the five public universities of Makerere, Kyambogo, Gulu, Busitema and Mbarara University of Science and Technology.

Cabinet sat on June 25 to address misunderstanding that arose after the Public Universities Joint Admission Board at Makerere and officials in the Ministry of Education failed to send the list of beneficiaries of the quota system to districts at the urging of politicians.

The university quota system was established in 2005 to help bright students who could not access university education due. It is also intended to help students from districts that fail to send students on government sponsored scheme.
Full report on the Daily Monitor site