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    Challenges facing Universities in Uganda
    (Uganda Vice Chancellor's Forum, 2012) Sengendo, Ahmad K.
    Makerere University, Uganda’s oldest and biggest university, started in 1922 as a technical college. It was offering the curriculum of the University of London as Uganda was under British colonial rule by then. It later became a university College, then a University of East Africa and finally an independent University. It remained the only university in Uganda until 1988 when the Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) was opened. Uganda had seen a dramatic increase in universities since the government started allowing private universities to operate in 1988. As of 2010 there were five (5) Government (Public) universities and at least 23 private universities.
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    Distance education in Uganda: issues, opportunities, and challenges
    (OIDA International Journal of Sustainable Development, 2012) Matovu, Musa
    This article addresses how distance education has enabled universities in Uganda to extend their educational services beyond their boundaries to student who are not on campus. This has increased on universities’ admissions while minimally controlling overcrowding. The article highlights the nature and mode of distance education in Uganda, opportunities, and the challenges encountered by the universities in offering distance education. In summary, the article suggests the ways in which distance education can be improved, as such, the article answers the fundamental question to whether Information and Communication Technology (ICT) innovations in distance education can improve and sustain distance education in Uganda. Keywords: Challenges