INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES AND STRATEGIES FOR SECURING EQUITY IN ACCESS & SUCCESS IN HE

INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES AND STRATEGIES FOR SECURING EQUITY IN ACCESS & SUCCESS IN HE PROF. VENANSIUS BARYAMUREEBA VC-MAKERERE UNIVERSITY vc@admin.mak.ac.ug barya@admin.mak.ac.ug

Advent of HE in Africa • HE in Africa was propelled by Colonial Governments • Intention was to produce appropriate national Human Resource to replace colonial staff • Many started as affiliate colleges to established Universities in Europe

The Context of HE in Africa • Primary source human resource for the civil service • Mainly supported and funded by central governments • HE institutions were regarded as “Ivory Towers”

HE Influencers • Liberalization of economies • Education Support and Funding policy shift i.e. Supporting lower levels as opposed to HE • Education as commodity as opposed to social good • Population Increase leading to increase in demand for HE • Entry of private service providers

The Changing Dynamics • Education qualifications as tradable commodities led to knowledge economies • HE is more expensive than it were a decade ago • The HE arena has turned into a market place

The Puzzle... • Increased enrolment at lower levels with limited access at HE level • Access to HE is on merit in government institutions but this eliminates the less privileged • The cultural paradigm that segregates around sex • The globalization of economies • The plight of disease burden especially HIV/AIDS

Equitable Access; Issues • Social Inclusion in Higher Education • Investment to facilitate expansion of resources and facilitate to match demand • Re-focusing the HE paradigm in the wake of competing societal demands • Stakeholder management and engagement; competing stakeholders with specific demands

Strategies for HE • Strategic Partnerships amongst Institutions of HE • Re-engineer the Business Processes in HE • Broaden the resource base • Change management • Appropriate use and integration of ICT’s HE access

Enabling Equitable Access; FSI • 1.5 extra points awarded to every qualifying female applicant...this was a result of Affirmative Action Policy in 1990 • Female enrolment increased from 25% in 1990 to 44% in 2010 • Female Scholarship Initiative started in 2001 • 691 females have accessed training at Makerere University, out of 9719 applicants • Female Scholarship Foundation has been established to sustain the FSI

Conclusion • Higher education needs to be cultivated, nurtured • Supported both in terms of creating a conductive policy environment and • Committing the right resources to deal with the complexities of issues such as access and massification, brain drain, staff and student retention, and infrastructure.

Conclusion Take Action Now!! Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)

Makerere University-Main Administrative Building We Build For the Future

CIT BLOCK B-10,000 SITTING CAPACITY BUILDING We Build For the Future

THE 800 SITTING CAPACITY LAB We Build For the Future

Peasant Farmers House using appropriate technologies developed by Fac. Of Tech We Build For the Future

Alumni of FSI

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INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES AND STRATEGIES FOR SECURING EQUITY IN ACCESS & SUCCESS IN HE