After consultation with President Yoweri Museveni, the management of Makerere University is holding a press briefing Saturday afternoon to announce the institution’s reopening on January 2, to allow for the completion of the first semester.
Dr Wana Etyem, the Makerere University Council Chairperson, will at 3.30p.m. today conduct a press briefing at the university’s Main Hall on the subject of the institution’s reopening.
“As management, we agreed to open the university on January 2, so as to compensate the lost time and allow students to sit for their exams. We also agreed that graduation takes place in early March. Students will break off for a one-week holiday before the second semester starts,” Mr Barnabas Nawangwe, the Deputy Vice Chancellor Finance and Administration had earlier on Wednesday December 21, 2016 revealed.
This comes after lecturers voted to suspend their strike to allow the visiting committee appointed by President Museveni to perform their work.
President Museveni closed Makerere University on November 2 after students went on strike demanding that lecturers who had earlier gone on strike demanding for nine months accrued arrears to resume teaching as they pursued their demands.
