Ministries showcase nation as regional education hub

Uganda’s Minister of Trade Amelia Kyambadde and Education Minister Jessica Alupo have led a delegation to Rwanda for a three-day higher education exhibition that opened last Wednesday, writes Taddeo Bwambale for New Vision.

The ‘Study in Uganda Universities Exhibition’ is intended to showcase Uganda as the hub of university education in East and Southern Africa. According to a release from the Ministry of Trade, the event will serve as a platform for Rwanda and Uganda to tap into mutually accessible and diverse knowledge pools, in addition to cementing socio-cultural relations.

Since liberalisation in the late 1990s, the education sector in Uganda has recorded an 89% growth in the number of licensed universities, raking in US$36 million in 2010 from export of education. Uganda boasts 29 universities dominated by local students with approximately 16,000 foreigners, according to 2010 statistics from the National Council of Higher Education.
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