After My Senior Six vacation in 2018, I was admitted to study clinical medicine at Gulu School of Clinical Officers and the excitement was much. Unfortunately, it did not happen as per my expectations. So, that year, I never went back to school, life wasn’t easy. My ambition was to get a job. In my … Continue reading How Ugandan youth creatively use their education – lessons from Gumkit Ann Parlaker
A Job Seeker’s Diary on Friday, 28th May
I finally get a call! The sweet voiced lady on the other side, claiming to be calling from Price Water House Coopers, asks whether I’m still interested in their job. My heart is pounding as I cannot believe what I am hearing. She asks the class of a degree that I have, whether I have … Continue reading A Job Seeker’s Diary on Friday, 28th May
A Job Seeker’s Diary Entry on Thursday, 27 May
I’m wondering whether to go back to campus today, as there seems to be nothing new there. I finally pick a notebook, and head towards the Eastern Gate. Just want to go through the day’s newspapers in case there is a new job advert. I purpose not to apply for the few I find there, … Continue reading A Job Seeker’s Diary Entry on Thursday, 27 May
A Job Seeker’s Diary Entry on Wednesday, 26th May
I wake up very early in the morning, rush to campus, a five minute walk so that the library is opened when I am present, lest I do not get any computer to use, as all would have been booked. I check my mail to see if any of the organizations to whose online job … Continue reading A Job Seeker’s Diary Entry on Wednesday, 26th May
A Job Seekers Diary Entry on Tuesday, 25th May
It’s day one in my new house, and I am cleaning up, scrubbing the floor and washing walls, picking up used condoms, which tells me a lot about the character of the previous occupants. My landlord, a dark giant Hajji, looks on with curious red eyes. An abrupt question awakes me from my concentration. "Mutabani, … Continue reading A Job Seekers Diary Entry on Tuesday, 25th May
A Job Seeker’s Diary Entry on Monday, 24th May
It’s now official. I am unemployed. Handed in my dissertation today, which my supervisor finally accepted. It’s the only thing that was still keeping me on campus, as I finished my three-year course. Now I am thinking of what to be telling my friends, the continuing students, whom I have no doubt will be asking … Continue reading A Job Seeker’s Diary Entry on Monday, 24th May
Got the university degree now what – navigation tips from a Ugandan graduate job seeker
In the wake of the recent government survey that found that 93 percent of all graduates cannot find a job, I wish to comfort recent grads on the street that you are not the first, neither are you the last. When I completed my course in 2006 at MUK (Makerere University Kampala), I, like thousands … Continue reading Got the university degree now what – navigation tips from a Ugandan graduate job seeker
Formal Schooling versus our day-to-day lives – Lessons from Ms. Acio Sharon Enon
“Kole District has over 178 schools, 52 nursery schools, 107 primary schools and 19 secondary schools. Many girls in Kole District, however, drop out of school because of COVID-19 and traditional gender sensibilities that mean educating the girl child is not a priority. Sharon is a graduate teacher, yet she has failed to get employment … Continue reading Formal Schooling versus our day-to-day lives – Lessons from Ms. Acio Sharon Enon
Education and the Work Ethic – Lessons from Mr. Jimmy Ezra Okello, Innovator
"From Kyambogo University’s School of Management and Entrepreneurship to hawking plastic shoes at weekly markets through the villages of Lira and Soroti. Hanging off the side of loaded lorries like chicken on the roof carrier of a matatu, holding on for dear life, praying that neither you nor your merchandise lose grip and drop off … Continue reading Education and the Work Ethic – Lessons from Mr. Jimmy Ezra Okello, Innovator
Lira University honored to associate with Challenging Categories Project
As Lira University and in particular, the Faculty of Education of Lira University, we are very deeply honoured and gratified to have this project, "Challenging Categories: Educated Unemployed Youth as Institutional Innovators in Rural Uganda" associated with us. We want to say, whatever role this project needs from the Lira University Faculty of Education, we … Continue reading Lira University honored to associate with Challenging Categories Project
