Subsidizing University Education in Uganda

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Subsidizing University Education in Uganda

• By Prof. Waswa Balunywa
• Makerere University Business School (MUBS)

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Paper Structure

• What is university education?
• Role of universities
• Funding of education
• Funding and consequences on quality
• Models of funding university education
• Benefits of university education Vs education at
  lower levels

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What is University Education

• In-depth knowledge that enables people to be more
  critical, more evaluative and more practical
• Broadens mind
• Changes behaviour

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What is University Education

• Exposes recievers
• Theoretical concepts
• Practical applications

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Role of Universities

• Imparting knowledge
• Research
• Innovation
• Causing debate
• Publication

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Funding of University Education

• Fully government
• Partly government
• Fully private sector

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Funding and consequences on quality

• Regulatory environment?
• Fully government funded (poor quality)
• Semi government funding (poorer quality)
• Private funding (high quality)

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Models of funding university education

• American Model government and endowment
• British System government and private
  individual payment
• Rest of the world combination of these
  including loan schemes

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What should government fund at university

• Pure sciences
• Pure arts like Fine Art, Geography
• Research

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Why fund university education

• Encourage research
• Encourage innovation
• Save the pure arts
• Encourage sciences

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Case against funding university education

• Developed Vs under developed countries
• Lowers quality
• Encourages population growth
• Perpetuates poverty
• Yet literate population is fundamental for
  economic growth

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Conclusions

• UPE will coexist with private schools
• Education policy should move towards vocation and
  sciences
• Fund a few selected liberal arts at university