Lira varsity is welcome in region
In the Bible, God once told Abraham and his descendants that “lift up now thine eyes, and look northward.” God simply wanted to give Abraham a land rich with pasture since he was rich in cattle, silver and in gold.
Today, I want to make the same statement for the benefit of Ugandans that “Let’s look northward, behold there is Lira University, an institution that is a beacon of hope to the training of a precious workmanship in science programmes.” Government gave express permission for the establishment of Lira University in northern Uganda. When I set foot on the university’s large compound last week, I saw the nicely constructed structures.
Uganda has a young population with the biggest percentage being the youth, many of whom are unemployed, possibly due to the courses they studied at university. But now, Lira University, the beacon centre of applied sciences and technology, will bridge that gap by training professional science workers, which President Museveni has been championing for long.
I visited Lira University because I wanted to see it and tell the story about what I saw in this new institution of higher learning. The university is a welcome learning institutions in the region. So will the new university turn around the fortunes of the region? “We are recruiting highly trained lecturers to come and work in Lira University with a mind set of serving all Ugandans,” said the university secretary, Mr Augustine Oyang Atubo.
Mr Atubo said the university has five main objectives that include ensuring equitable access to relevant and quality higher education and training; offering effective higher education governance; to promote the conduction and publication of basic and applied research; to promote creativity, innovations and technological advancement; and to promote socio-economic transformation for economic growth.
With its motto is: ‘The Beacon’, which Macmillan dictionary explains as a bright light that shines in the dark, showing them the way somewhere, will the university serve the purpose of encouraging and giving Ugandans a good example to follow.
I, therefore, call upon the government to support this institution for so that it carries out its functions well.
Julius Odeke,
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