The Minister of State for Higher Education, John Muyingo is to table before Parliament legislation provisions that will see it upgrade the status of Nakawa Vocational Training Institute to Diploma awarding status.
Ministry of Education in 2017 engaged the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) and a Taskforce to establish the readiness, cost implication, and sustainability status of upgrading the Institute to a College status.
And following the completion of the process of upgrading Nakawa Vocational Training Institute to a College, the Ministry has moved as required in section 75(3) of Universities and other Tertiary Institutions Act, 2001 as amended demands that a copy of the Legislative Instruments be laid on the floor of Parliament.
The upgrade according to Government also seeks to promote appropriate skills training, technology and innovations for regional integration as well as promote among students, appropriate skills for production and employment in the community, office and related industry.
A copy of the legislative Instrument highlighted the objective of the move which is to make Nakawa Training Institute the leading vocational college in Uganda with highly skilled and motivated human resources for economic growth.
If approved by Parliament, Nakawa Vocational Training College will be required to organize and conduct courses and programs critical to national development with an emphasis on electrical engineering and automobile engineering.
Upon Parliamentary approval, all rights, interests, obligations, and liabilities of the Nakawa Vocational Training Institute in existence before the commencement of this instrument or at law or in equity shall by virtue of this Instrument, be assigned to and vested in the Nakawa Vocational Training College.
