University leaders in Uganda have expressed concern over the poor education curriculum that the country follows saying it has contributed to poor education standards and caused graduates to be seekers on job market.

The University vice chancellors made the remarks at their 3rd annually conference under the theme “universities and the changing employment” held at Lake Victoria Serena resort in Entebbe.

Prof. John Ddumba Sentamu, Vice Chancellor of Makerere University

Makerere University vice chancellor, Prof. J. Ddumba Ssentamu revealed that the current university curriculum has a mismatch with the job market compared to the one used during the 1980s.

Prof. Ssentamu criticizes the plan by the government to put much emphasis on secondary and primary education and leaving out tertiary education saying it’s a great threat to this nation.

He advises that government to re-focuses on supporting tertiary institution education so as to have better products of graduates that will serve the country.

However, retired court judge, Prof. George Kanyaihamba noted that Uganda’s education problem is much bigger and needs to be dealt with at national level but not at sector level.

The forum running under the theme, “universities and the changing employment context in Africa” seeks to find solution to the sector’s problem and have the tertiary institution curriculum revised to suit the current demands of the job market.