Students studying Humanities and non-practical Science programs should be allowed to report back to the University for full physical learning on November 1st, 2021 as earlier communicated by the President of the Country.

Further delay of the reporting of students for full physical learning not only disenfranchises us from a full learning experience, it also cheats us of the value for money for which we pay tuition and functional fees meant for physical learning.

While we acknowledge online learning as an innovation in the COVID pandemic era, physical face-to-face learning remains the most effective and viable mode of knowledge transfer for the present day Makerere University.

Vaccination can proceed, and is more effective with close proximity to the University Hospital. Vaccination can be decentralized to Halls of Residence or college Units for ease of access to the students while on campus. This will enable government commitment to keep the country's Education sector progressive and allay fears of a deliberate attempt at completely paralyzing the Country's Education sector.

We therefore demand that the University Council and Management reverse its position on the discriminating staggered reporting for only practical-based programs on-campus and that all learners be allowed to report back on campus for physical learning to proceed effective November, 2021 while government and the University continues to expedite and put in place mechanisms to ensure the safety of the learner.

This petition is led by:

Shamim Nambassa

Tumusiime Joseph

Students Representative to Senate

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