IMPACT OF BOOMING NUMBERS OF FOREIGN AND REFUGEE STUDENTS ON UGANDAN UNIVERSITIES
March 18th, 2024
Uganda has thousands of refugee students in its public and private universities, plus other higher education institutions, with numbers increasing to 15,000 today, says the country’s ministry of education and sports. Over time those students have had impacts on the institutions where they study, the surrounding environment and the country at large. Some are positive and developmental while others are destructive, say HE experts in this east African country, that is currently a haven from wars and conflicts elsewhere in the region.
These have pushed refugees to ...
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