Makerere for world IT finals Print E-mail
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Written by Frank Kisakye   
Sunday, 28 June 2009 14:21
Makerere University is to compete in the 7th Microsoft Imagine Cup world finals in Cairo, Egypt this July.
IT students across the globe were tasked by Microsoft to develop software and hardware that would put into reality the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Unlike last year when Makerere’s Faculty of Computing and IT dominated the regional competition, winning and even taking up the runners-up positions, this year they only managed to come second to Ethiopia.
However, the IT faculty can take solace in the fact that all its five participating projects were ranked amongst the best 10, with one qualifying for the world finals slated to take place from July 3 to 7, 2009. Makerere is to compete with students from over 100 countries across the world.
Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer says, “The Imagine Cup inspires students to use their creativity to help change the world for the better by discovering new ways to use technology to address some of the world’s toughest challenges.”

Ballmer added that some of the greatest innovations and companies of tomorrow will be created by today’s students. The Imagine Cup presents a great opportunity for them to compete with students from around the world. Students will be competing for over $180,000 in prizes.

Meanwhile, the MUK IT faculty has been awarded the Cisco Top Performing Networking Academy 2009 in Uganda. The award was given to the faculty for its high student enrolment, consistent performance, expanded curriculum, and commitment to the academy programme.

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written by mugabo , June 28, 2009

All this is good. But why can`t the Faculty sort out the Office of the Academic Registrar? Obtaining a transcrit from that office is like extracting a tooth from a crocodile. Paper files lie on the floor, covered with dust, and are carried by hand from office to office. Surely, these records can be computerised????


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written by Drake , June 29, 2009

We need to take the faculty mandate in proper context. The faculty CANNOT sort the AR office. AR does not report CIT. In fact, the problem in AR is not IT, it is human resource and poor management. Those guys have all the software they need! Have you ever thought of Agriculture sorting out the food problems in the halls? You are proposing the equivalent. Until the guys in AR are made to do their work or sacked, Nothing will come from there even if they have 10,000 softwares. Think about it, How can one problem "Late delivery of transcripts" exist for 10 years? What do these guys discuss in their meetings. If no solution is got for 10 years, is it worth to maintain the head of the transcript section???



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