By Julius Mugaga Tukacungurwa/Umoja Standard.
Kampala, uganda: News reaching the editor’s desk comfirm that Metropolitan International University has been fully accredited by the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) to offer LAW PROGRAMME.
In a letter dated 2nd May, 2024 as per Council at its 75 Meeting of 19 April 2024, under Min. 594/75/2024 accredited the academic programme indicated below for the specified admissible number of students and the stated accreditation period with effect from 19th April 2024.
Programme Name Admisible Number of Students per Academic Year Accreditation Period in Years
Bachelor of Laws 50 9
“I am pleased to inform you that after due consideration, Council at its 75 Meeting of 19 April 2024, under Min. 594/75/2024 accredited the academic programme indicated below for the specified admissible number of students and the stated accreditation period with effect from 190 April 2024.” Letter partly reads.
“I wish to remind you that under section 119A) of the Universities and Other Tertiary Institutions Act 2001 (as amended), you shall not run any academic programmes that have not been accredited by National Council for Higher Education (NCHE). Please urge your staff members to implement these programmes in accordance with the regulations of NCHE Officers of the NCHE shall review the implementation during their periodic administrative and monitoring visits to your institution” Letter continues to read.
Professor Mary JN. Okwakol, the Execurive Director of the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) drew University’s attention to Statutory Instrument No. 17 of 2010 which requires every student to contribute Shs. 20,000 (Twenty Thousand shillings only) per year to the National Council for Higher Education. Please note that payment is effected through the URA Portal
Programme Accreditation process.
The process of accreditation is guided by a prescribed set of Quality Assurance capacity indicators specified in the NCHE Quality Assurance Regulatory Framework. These indicators include those on infrastructure and human resources available for implementing a programme, among others
All Universities and other tertiary institutions accross the country must have their academic programmes accredited by Uganda’s National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) which regulates the sector.
According to Universities and other tertiary institutions Act, as a sector regulator, the NCHE is the custodian of course content, guiding and assessing institution’s ability to teach a given programme.
Among NCHE’s guideline is a stipulation that academic institutions falling under its purview must review accredited programme every five years for undergraduate study and roughly ten years for graduate level.