Recommendations from the General Discussion

Recommendations/Issues Arising after Presentations A: Governance Review the whole UOTIA 2001 (2003, 2006) – Structure & roles Review powers of the Committee structure Rethink students governance – Accommodation – Elections Council members should have a minimum of a bachelors degree (However, experience be considered) – National character?

Issues Arising after Presentations A: Governance Review the whole UOTIA 2001 (2003, 2006) – Structure & roles Review powers of the Committee structure Need for valuation of Makerere Assets Rethink students governance – Accommodation – Elections Council members should have a minimum of a bachelors degree (However, experience be considered) – National ing/teaching of courses – character? Restructure hosting of programs & courses

Recommendations Need for an independent accreditation body that is adequately supported from consolidated funds (Programs and universities) To improve dissemination of information, academic staff be paid an honoraria for publishing

Recommendations Funding Need to increase government expenditure on higher education – currently this is 20% but number of public universities continues to rise – MPs help to advocate for increased funding to public universities Government should directly support research at public universities Universities should generate income from diverse sources to meet their needs

Recommendations Appropriate subvention for infrastructure from government e.g. a % of VAT dedicated to higher education Government takes on the wage bill – this will enable the university to meet her other obligations

Recommendations Government consultancies should include relevant academic staff from public universities Regular evaluation of members of staff Remuneration of academic and admin staff be planned

Recommendations… Government should operationalise the loan scheme starting with government sponsored students Makerere should work closely with MPs to lobby for better salaries Provisions for the disabled be included in the UOTI ACT – E.g. Dept for special needs support Restructure hosting of programs & courses

Streamlining Reporting Structure AR, Bursar, US and DVCs & VC VC shall be the accounting officer of the university DVC A/A shall be responsible for academic affairs – Delete provision that stipulates that AR reports to VC but should report to the DVC A/A DVC F/A shall be responsible for finance, administrative and planning matters – US & Bursar report to the DVC F/A – Alternatively legal office takes on the role of Secretary to Council Maintain position of US/DVC Legal Affairs with clear roles and reports to the VC The Social Services Committee to engage other public universities regarding the proposals on review of UOTI Act

Recommendations MPs share the recommendations from this retreat with colleagues in the house and government

Way forward Need a Committee to synthesize the issues raised – URAFR sub-committee on Administrative & Finance Reforms and the Chairs of the 3 groups and Dean Law – Retreat Report be presented to SCC by Feb 12, 2010 – Recommend to council and the MoE to appoint officers of the university in Acting capacity until the UOTIA is comprehensively reviewed/amended Loan Scheme – The SSC shares outputs of this retreat with MoE, VCs of other public Universities – Policy measures be put in place to guide the scheme – Chair of URAFR meets with SSC on progress