Education
A certificate is not enough, Speaker Oboth tells graduates
“Today you received a certificate. Tomorrow the world will ask what you can do with it. Education must therefore give us more than documents. It must give us skills, character and the courage to create opportunities,” Oboth remarked.
Oboth-Oboth committed to advocating for policies in Parliament that promote affordable and high-quality education.
By: Derrick Muduku, Journalist @New Vision
Education should give graduates more than academic qualifications by equipping them with practical skills, character and the ability to create opportunities, Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oboth has said.
Oboth, who was the guest of honour at the Makerere Business Institute (MBI) graduation on August 21, told 564 graduates that their success would ultimately depend on what they could do with their qualifications.
“Today you received a certificate. Tomorrow the world will ask what you can do with it. Education must therefore give us more than documents. It must give us skills, character and the courage to create opportunities,” he remarked.
He also challenged the graduates to embrace artificial intelligence (AI) while retaining the human qualities needed to succeed in the workplace.
“AI will transform the workplace but will never replace character, judgment and integrity. Use technology but retain your humanity. Build enterprises, create jobs and solve problems.”
Oboth-Oboth committed to advocating for policies in Parliament that promote affordable and high-quality education.
His message came as 564 learners graduated from MBI with various certificates and diplomas, with female graduates accounting for 355, representing 63%, while their male counterparts numbered 209, representing 37%.
The graduation ceremony also marked 33 years since the institution was established.
“AI will transform the workplace but will never replace character, judgment and integrity. Use technology but retain your humanity. Build enterprises, create jobs and solve problems.”
Oboth-Oboth committed to advocating for policies in Parliament that promote affordable and high-quality education.
His message came as 564 learners graduated from MBI with various certificates and diplomas, with female graduates accounting for 355, representing 63%, while their male counterparts numbered 209, representing 37%.
The graduation ceremony also marked 33 years since the institution was established.
Curriculum challenges
MBI director Nathan Itungo highlighted challenges within some of the institution's programmes, including duplication of courses, outdated curricula and a mismatch between some courses and competency-based education.
“When you look at the national diploma in accounting and finance, among others, you find that they are overlapping areas and they are duplicated and they tend to disorganise our career path,” he said.
Itungo also pointed to declining enrolment in some programmes, attributing this partly to curricula that have not kept pace with changing market demands.
He said some courses no longer adequately match current market trends, raising concerns about how well graduates are prepared for the workplace.
MBI director Nathan Itungo highlighted challenges within some of the institution's programmes, including duplication of courses, outdated curricula and a mismatch between some courses and competency-based education.
“When you look at the national diploma in accounting and finance, among others, you find that they are overlapping areas and they are duplicated and they tend to disorganise our career path,” he said.
Itungo also pointed to declining enrolment in some programmes, attributing this partly to curricula that have not kept pace with changing market demands.
He said some courses no longer adequately match current market trends, raising concerns about how well graduates are prepared for the workplace.