1. 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

2. 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

3. 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”

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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.

11. Conclusion
Take Action Now!!
Knowing is not enough; we must
apply. Willing is not enough; we
must do.
(Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
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12. Makerere University‐Main
Administrative Building
11/22/2011 We Build For the Future 12

13. CIT BLOCK B‐10,000 SITTING CAPACITY
BUILDING
11/22/2011 We Build For the Future 13

14. THE 800 SITTING CAPACITY LAB
11/22/2011 We Build For the Future 14

15. Peasant Farmers House using appropriate
technologies developed by Fac. Of Tech
11/22/2011 We Build For the Future 15

16. Alumni of FSI

17. THANK YOU