UCC Tororo Graduates Over 900 Students, Asked to Be Job Creators

Over 900 learners graduated from Uganda College of commerce Tororo during the 10^th graduation ceremony with different disciplines in business related national certificates and Diplomas

Out of the 912 students who graduated from the college, 540 were girls constituting to 59% and 372 were males constituting or 41%.

Speaking during the graduation ceremony on Wednesday, 29^th November, 2023, Geoffrey Kawanguzi the UBTEB deputy executive secretary finance, Human resource and administration said that UBTEB in a phased manner has started implementing a number of aspects of the TVET policy 2019 reforms that emphasize among others tripartite assessment where the board works with practitioners and training institutions in assesment.

To achieve this, TVET assessment working groups based on the sector skills councils framework were put in place by the board in areas of manufacturing, construction, Agriculture, tourism and hospitality. Under this arrangement, the board has involved the experts and specialists from the industry in the assessment of real life projects.

Kawanguzi also informed the gathering that Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board (UBTEB) has taken over examining and awarding of the accounting Diplomas in Uganda effective next May-June exams from the Institute of Certified public accountants. He called upon the institutions with capacity to deliver this program to apply to UBTEB.

Speaking during the occasion, the Tororo district chairperson asked the students to maintain the good manners they have been exhibiting so as to fit in the job market and equally give a good image to the college outside world.

The UCC College principal, Zainab Kabachumba applauded the graduates upon achieving education milestones in their education path however she asked them to consider furthering their education for more opportunities.

Meanwhile, the principal decried staff gaps in the college. The College is supposed to have 69 staff members however it currently has only 36 staff on government payroll leaving the college with a staff deficit of 33 which she says has forced the college to use a lot of money to hire additional staff.

The principal decried the miserable capitation grant of shillings 1800 the college gets from the government to feed the government students. She reveals that with the current market prices, this money is too small to run the institution.

While officiating the ceremony, Simon Ebegu from the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) department of ministry of education asked the graduands to be more of job creators than job seekers since the country have minimal white collar jobs. He asked the graduates to avoid undermining work.

While addressing some of concerns raised by stakeholders, Ebegu noted that the government is committed to addressing classroom and others challenges however this will be done in bits.