"Modern education in my view, especially the higher one, is about two things; number one is understanding nature and understanding its natural laws. So, you should be very clear because sometimes the mystification of knowledge can confuse people who are learning from you.
President Museveni further advised that a country like Uganda should embrace the biotechnology law so that they can use it to defend themselves against any form of misuse by bad elements. "On the issue of salary, I support the scientists for the government Universities to be paid well, it is not that we are against the other professionals, but we must start with these ones because we need them now," he added.
"The quantitative increase from 67 higher education institutions 20 years ago to 265 right now is a testament that the government has created an environment that fosters growth. This shows that NCHE's work has increased four-fold to monitor and authorize many higher education institutions to operate," she revealed.
"The higher education system should become relevant to the society it is operating in by rightly diagnosing the problems in society and their root causes before prescribing remedies and interventions. This is the only way higher education becomes the driver of socio-economic change." "Because of this marked expansion, we believe that new modalities of regulating these institutions need to come in place for efficient and effective regulation," Prof. Katunguka asserted.