Quantity Or Quality - 2007/04/24 00:09

Gone are the days,makerere university is no longer the university Uganda used to pride of.it's really sad to read on the nation's news paper that Makerere University has drooped to the 54th position among the 100 best Universities in Africa from last year 23rd position and to the 6,429th in the world.infact it should have moved from the 23th to atleast among the best ten. in the past ,entry into Makerere University was like passing through the hole in a needle,nowadays it's just a matter of affordability,whether the student is or not mentally capable he or she just sails through as long as the parents can drive a four wheels car to the campus,has some connection to the government or speak some particular language.I think quantity over rides quality now,the question is,"how many students can pay and sail through to the graduation day".the main issue now is about money not quality education.many more private universities are now cropping up but with little influence on makerere university which is considered the best in East Africa and now that the graph going down,what should we expect from the minor ones?what can the uganda government do to let makerere university regain its fame? something must be done soon.