University probes suspect results
Publish date: 18 September 2017
Issue Number: 743
Diary: IBA Legalbrief Africa
Category: Uganda
One of Africa's most prestigious universities is investigating how 300 students managed to get their degree results altered. Uganda's Makerere University discovered that the results were adjusted in 2015. BBC News reports that vice-chancellor Barnabas Nawangwe said officials responsible for managing the results system are being investigated and the degrees have been withheld. Two years ago, 600 students from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences were removed from the graduation list, after a whistleblower pointed out that their results were lower than the pass mark for their courses. The Kampala university has 40 000 students, many from outside the country.
