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Ekitongole ekivunanyizibwa mukuwola abayizi sente mumatedekero agawanguru kilina obuwumbi butaano n’obukadde 200 bwokka ku nteekateeka y’okuwola abayizi mu mwaka gw’ebyensimbi guno.
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BYENSOMESA | Gavumenti egenda kwongera obuyambi bw’okuwola ssente eri abayizi 1,100 mu mwaka gw’eby’ensoma 2023/24 wansi w’enteekateeka yaayo eya “Students’ Loan Scheme”.
Abagenda okuganyulwa mu kibinja eky’ekkumi kuliko abakyala 207 (ebitundu 33 ku 100) nga 518 (ebitundu 83 ku 100) ku 1,100 abawangudde okusaba ku pulogulaamu za diguli esooka, ate 107 (ebitundu 17 ku 100) basoma pulogulaamu za dipuloma.
Bwabadde alangirira abagenda okuganyulwa ku Lwokusatu, Minisita w’eggwanga ow’ebyenjigiriza ebya waggulu, Dr John Chrysostom Miyingo yakkirizza nti obwetaavu bw’okuwola ssente z’abayizi busukkulumye ku by’obugagga ebiriwo.
Board yalina obuwumbi butaano n’obukadde 200 bwokka ku nteekateeka y’okuwola abayizi mu mwaka gw’ebyensimbi guno.
Okusinziira ku alipoota y’okugaba loan Award eyayanjuddwa Chairperson Governance Board, Eng Dr Charles Wana-Etyem, nga ali kukakiiko akafuzi akekitongle ekivunayizibwa ku looni za bayizi, yafunye omugatte gw’abasaba looni 6,225 bw’ogeraageranya n’abasaba 3,089 mu mwaka gw’eby’ensoma 2022/23.
Ku kusaba 6,225, 1,912 bokka (ebitundu 78 ku 100) be baalina ebisaanyizo okuyingira enteekateeka eno. Ku bano 1,854 (77 ku buli 100) basajja ate 563 (23 ku buli 100) bakyala.
Minisita Miyingo yagumizza olukiiko olufuzi ensimbi endala ezigenda okuweebwa enteekateeka eno.
“Tukimanyi nti waliwo obwetaavu bw’ensimbi eziwera okusobola okukozesa kapito wa “Board” kuba obwetaavu obuliwo kati obw’ebbanja ly’abayizi mazima ddala busukkulumye ku by’obugagga ebiriwo,” bwe yagambye.
“Minisitule yange egenda kunoonya abawuliriza ne bannaffe mu minisitule y’ebyensimbi, enteekateeka n’enkulaakulana y’ebyenfuna ne bannaffe mu Palamenti olw’okwongera ku nsimbi eziweebwa Board.”
Minisita yategeezezza nti omugatte gwa disitulikiti 74 ezaabadde n’abasaba baazo bonna abawangudde ekyalabye abasaba abasinga bava mumabuka nga bakulembedde mu kuwa engule zonna awamu, Akulira ekitongole ekivunanyizibwa mukuwola abayizi “HESFB”, Owek. Michael Wanyama, agamba nti “Board” yayimirizaawo enteekateeka ya affirmative action etunuulidde abakyala abasaba n’abantu abaliko obulemu gye yawa enkizo ey’obubonero musanvu eri abakyala abasaba n’abantu abaliko obulemu.
Abantu 23 abaliko obulemu be baalondeddwa okusoma pulogulaamu ez’enjawulo mu pulogulaamu za ssaayansi n’obuntubulamu.
Dr Wana-Etyem agamba nti waliwo kaweefube w’okwanguyiza n’okusaasaanya enkola y’okusaba okulaba ng’abantu bangi basobola okugifuna.
Yategedde obuwanguzi bw’engeri y’okusaba ku yintaneeti n’omuwendo gw’abasaba okukendeera bw’ogeraageranya n’emyaka egiyise, n’akiteeka ku buzibu bwa ssenyiga wa “Covid-19” n’obutaba na ssuubi lya nsimbi.
“Enteekateeka y’okuwola ssente z’abayizi efunye ettutumu mu bavubuka era esiimibwa Bannayuganda bangi olw’okuwa emikisa eri abayizi abali mu bwetaavu mu by’ensimbi,” Dr Wana-Etyem bwe yategeezezza.
Enteekateeka y’okuwola abayizi (Students Loan Scheme) nkola ya gavumenti ey’okuyingira mu nsonga okuyamba abayizi abalina obuzibu mu by’ensimbi.
Ng’afumiitiriza ku nkola y’okusunsulamu, Wanyama yategeezezza nti, “Twayise abasaba mu bbanga lya wiiki bbiri, okuva nga March 14 okutuuka nga March 15,” n’agamba nti obwangu buno buva ku mirimu gy’okusoma egigenda mu maaso.
“Olukiiko lukuuma enkolagana ntono n’abasaba okutuusa ng’enkola y’okusunsula ewedde, okukakasa obwerufu obujjuvu mu kuwa looni z’abayizi,” bwe yagambye.
“Okutongoza enteekateeka y’okuwola ssente z’abayizi kigguddewo enzigi eri abayizi abatali ba mugaso okufuna obuyigirize obwa waggulu ku mitendera gyombi egya diguli esooka ne dipuloma.”