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Makerere University started in 1922 as a humble technical school enrolling Innovating University Education 14 day students of Carpentry, Building and Mechanics. Nine decades later, the University has made giant strides–enrolling over 35,000 students in Innovating over 145 study programmes hosted by nine colleges spread across various campuses. As one of the the first higher education institutions in East and Central Africa, the university has had to contend with a multiplicity of issues, including relevance, curricula reform, community engagement and graduate employability; access, equity, massification and quality assurance; University Education national politics, regulation, institutional autonomy and academic freedom; Issues in Contemporary African Higher Education funding and financial management; student politics and activism; staff unionisation, management and brain drain; physical resources expansion, utilisation and maintenance; liberalisation, privatisation, commercialisation A Book in Honour of Makerere University’s 90 Years of Excellence 1922–2012 and internationalisation; Information and Communication Technology (ICT); and institutional leadership and integrity. Today, the University stands out proudly as a hallmark of innovation and excellence in teaching, research and community engagement, notwithstanding the challenges it has experienced over the years. As it celebrates 90 years, the higher education scholarly and Issues in Contemporary African Higher Education policy fraternity take the opportunity to honour and continue the University’s tradition of scholarship and innovation–through contributing ideas for dealing with some of the challenges that the University and similar institutions are contending with. Although studies of Makerere University have been included, it must be understood that this book is not necessarily about the University. Additional studies have been drawn from Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania and other institutions in Uganda. Jude Ssempebwa (PhD) is an Associate Professor of Higher Education Studies and Management at the East African School of Higher Education Studies and Development, College of Education and External Studies, Makerere University. He is also the Editor of Makerere Journal of Higher Education and the founding editor of Uganda Martyrs University Book Series. Peter Neema-Abooki (PhD) is an Associate Professor of Higher Education Studies and the founding dean of the East African School of Higher Education Studies and Development, College of Education and External Studies, Makerere University. J. C. S. Musaazi (PhD) is a Professor of Planning and Administration at the East African School of Higher Education Studies and Development and the founding Principal of the College of Education and External Studies, Makerere University. ISBN 978-9970-25-935-9 (Paper back) ISBN 978-9970-25-945-8 (ebook) Foreword by A. B. K. Kasozi WE BULID FOR THE FUTURE YEARSCELEBRATION MAKERERE UNIVERSITY Editors Jude Ssempebwa Peter Neema-Abooki Fountain Publishers J.C.S Musaazi www.fountainpublishers.co.ug Innovating University Education Issues in Contemporary African Higher Education A Book in Honour of Makerere University’s 90 Years of Excellence 1922–2012 Editors Jude Ssempebwa Peter Neema-Abooki J.C.S. Musaazi FOUNTAIN PUBLISHERS www.fountainpublishers.co.ug Fountain Publishers P. O. Box 488 Kampala E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Website: www.fountainpublishers.co.ug On behalf of East African School of Higher Education Studies and Development, College of Education and External Studies, Makerere University Distributed in Europe, North America and Australia by African Books Collective Ltd (ABC), Unit 13, Kings Meadow, Ferry Hinksey Road, Oxford OX2 0DP, United Kingdom. Tel: 44(0) 1865–726686, Fax: 44(0)1865–793298. E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.africanbookscollective.com © The authors 2017 First published 2017 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical or other means now known or hereafter invented, including copying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. ISBN 978-9970-25-935-9 (paper back) ISBN 978-9970-250-945-8 (ebook) Cover design: Ritah N. Edopu. Photos (Clockwise): 1. Makerere University Main Building (Side view from the South-East) in 1941; 2. Some staff and students of Makerere College in 1938; 3. L-R: Presidents Julius K. Nyerere (Tanzania), Jomo Kenyatta (Kenya) and Kenneth Kaunda (Zambia) in procession at the inauguration of Makerere University on 8th October 1970; 4. President Yoweri K. Museveni takes a joy ride in Kiira EV (a vehicle design project of Makerere University’s College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology) to mark its official launch on 24th November 2011; 5. HRH Edward A.C.G.A.P. David, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII), and Makerere College Principal Mr Douglas G. Tomblings inspecting the College in 1928. Dedication To the memory of Sir Philip Euen Mitchell (Governor of Uganda, 1935–1940) Contents Dedication ........................................................................iii Contents .............................................................................v Contributors ......................................................................ix Tables ..............................................................................xix Acronyms .........................................................................xxi Foreword .......................................................................xxiii Preface and Acknowledgements .......................................xxvii Chapter: 1 Higher Education for Innovation and Development ............... 1 Haruna Yakubu Introduction ................................................................................ 1 Higher Education and National Science, Technology and Innovation Capacity .................................................................... 3 What is the Purpose of Higher Education? ................................... 8 Foundation for Capacity Building .............................................. 11 Communication of Science and Technology Innovation ............. 12 Conclusion ................................................................................ 17 Chapter: 2 Challenges and Opportunities for Quality Assurance of Cross-Border Higher Education in East Africa ........................................................ 18 Philipo Lonati Sanga Introduction .............................................................................. 18 Rationale for Cross-Border Higher Education ............................ 20 Benefits of and Threats to Cross-Border Higher Education ........ 21 Quality Assurance for Higher Education in East Africa .............. 22 Challenges in Implementing Cross-Border Higher Education in East Africa ................................................................................. 25 Opportunities of Implementing Cross-Border Higher Education in East Africa ................................................................................ 30 Conclusion ................................................................................ 32 v Chapter: 3 William Senteza-Kajubi as a Change Agent in Uganda’s Education System with Specific Reference to Widening Access to University Education.............................................. 34 Fred E. K. Bakkabulindi Introduction .............................................................................. 34 Who was Senteza-Kajubi? .......................................................... 36 Purpose ...................................................................................... 38 Method ...................................................................................... 38 Widening Access to University Education for Primary School Teachers ..................................................................................... 39 Widening Access to University Education for Secondary School Teachers ..................................................................................... 41 Calling for the Massification of Access to Public Universities ..... 42 Calling for the Opening of Private Universities .......................... 44 Grooming Nkumba University to Maturity ............................... 45 Discussion and Recommendations ............................................ 49 Chapter: 4 Deregulation of Higher Education in Nigeria: A Call for Restraint ............................................................................... 51 A. O. K. Noah, Adesoji A. Oni & Stephen D. Bolaji Introduction ..............................................................................51 Deregulation in Nigeria.............................................................. 52 Deregulation of University Education in Nigeria ........................ 53 Problems Associated with Deregulation of Higher Education ..... 54 Conclusion and Way Forward .................................................... 57 Chapter: 5 Do Universities in Uganda Satisfy their International Students? ............................................................................... 58 Jude Ssempebwa, Fawz N. Mulumba & Ritah N. Edopu Introduction ..............................................................................58 Methodology.............................................................................