VICTORIA UNIVERSITY CONTINUES TO TAKE EDUCATION SECTOR BY STORM

By Our Reporter

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In Kampala—–

Jinja road based Victoria University continues to take the education sector by storm. In our previous edition, we told you how the swiftly progressing University had acquired a charter from NCHE, now we’re here again to inform you that it has been granted EON-XR Centre which is actually the first-ever in Uganda…yes you read that right, no University has ever acquired this!.

The above milestone was announced yesterday by an innovative ‘now professor’ Dr. Lawrence Muganga the University Vice-Chancellor who was addressing the media shortly after the CEO Forum held at the University’s Auditorium.

Muganga who was smiling ear to ear revealed to our reporter that with this new technology, the university lecturers will be able to create interactive and immersive Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality lessons without needing any coding or advanced technological knowledge.

The lessons can then be distributed to their audience of students on common devices ranging from smartphones to laptops to publicly available headsets.

”This is something that we as Victoria University can’t stop celebrating, and Ugandans should surely join us to celebrate this achievement…can you imagine a student now sitting in his swanky room and attend to lectures, view desktop displays, and interact with fellow students just using the magic in the headset?,” noted jubilant Muganga.

EON-XR is preparing millions of students, employees, and citizens for the present and future while both replacing and aiding traditional training and teaching methods in dozens of global universities including Victoria University.

Muganga further told us that setting up the EON-XR centre will require $15millions but was quick to add that no need for Ugandans to worry about where such huge funding will come from saying that they have already received a grant from a couple of organizations globally but mainly EON reality from Singapore to set up the centre.

”We are happy to be the first university approved to host an EON XR Reality Center, which means our students will be able to teleport themselves into a classroom in New York, London, Abuja or anywhere in the world,” added Muganga.

Meanwhile, taking you back to the CEOs Forum held under the theme; ”Technology and Future of Work” attended by Minister of Science and Technology Monica Musenero, Jumia Boss Ron Kawamara and NCHE’s Director for Research Dr.Norah Murira, Ugandans most especially students were encouraged to embrace IT-related courses to fit in this fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) workspace.

”Ugandans must switch to digital technology and bury analog ways of doing things that’s what will lead us into the first world,” said Minister Musenero adding that the government is soon kicking off enhancement and rolling out of technology centres with some financial support.

Musenero who commended Victoria University for currently giving a bloody nose to other Universities in the technology world called upon Ugandans to stop being consumers but be producers noting that currently technology is increasing poverty among Ugandan youths instead of earning from it.

”Our youths today spend a lot of money on MBs, phone charging among other expenses on top of earning nothing from the technology that is turning other countries super powers,” said Musenero adding that change of mindset is something youths should deal with to benefit from the technology.

Meanwhile, Victoria University recognized the panelists with certificates of appreciation for attending the forum and on a special note recognized singer Sheebah Karungi for using innovation to change the life of young girls battling menstrual challenges like stigma, lack of pads among others.

Emotional Sheebah delivering her speech asked the government to freely offer pads to girls in their menstrual cycles before wondering why condoms are free moreover when sex is an option but can’t offer pads freely as a mechanism to curb escalating school dropouts.

”Ever since I launched Holic Pads 2yrs ago, I and my team have travelled to a couple of districts in Uganda but we were shocked when we found girls in Karamoja sitting on the soil to menstruate and we actually learnt that it’s where men find them to rape them,” revealed Sheebah.

Sheebah later launched a campaign dubbed, ”Keep a girl in school” by buying 12 packets of Holic pads for 12 months at only UGX 36000. Victoria University supported the campaign and bought pads for 100 girls.

What Ranks Victoria University The Best?

Victoria University is a cosmopolitan university with a modern facility in the heart of Kampala accredited by the National Council for Higher Education providing quality education which ranks it the leading in Uganda standing out as a centre for academic excellence.

With a reputation as the best private, forward-thinking and modern university in East Africa, Victoria University offers a vibrant and stimulating environment to further students’ studies. Its programmes are designed to meet all of your needs, study or research a subject in greater depth, or aiming to extend your knowledge and skills in pursuit of your career ambitions.

The University nurtures critical thinkers and has the capacity, the facilities and determination to revitalise higher education in Uganda and in the region.

It is committed to playing a leading role in bringing and developing high quality, student-centered learning opportunities based on standards of excellence that are unique, innovative and difficult to match.

The University is part of the Ruparelia Group of Companies, which has a strong presence in the education sector in Uganda and has under its portfolio, Kampala International School Uganda, Kampala Parents School and Delhi Public School International.

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