MAKERERE INTRODUCES ONLINE REGISTRATION

MAKERERE INTRODUCES ONLINE REGISTRATION
By Robert Owiny 6th October 2008

The problem of long queuing during students’ registration time at Makerere university will soon be history after the introduction of a new method which enables students to register online individually.

The university has acquired from South Africa two computer soft wares; Finis and Aris that enables an increase in the Internet ban width, the range covered by an internet service.

The new invention is expected to enable students’ access registration forms on the Internet and register from any part of the world without meeting with university officials.

The university spokesperson Gilbert Kadilo, said with the new method students can be able to log on, and view their detailed information at the university only upon clearance of all the necessary university dues.

“A student can access the registration page and other details only up to the last time he/she cleared payments. If payments for a new semester have not been made for example, a student can access information for the previous semesters only, until he/she has cleared dues in the new semester” Kadilo explained.

Kadilo said that students will have to pay functional fees like technology fee in order to sustain this new development, adding that the soft wares and the installation process was very expensive.

On the current absence of Internet services at the University, Kadilo blamed it on the recent students’ petition to parliament saying it forced the university to borrow money from outside sources to pay outstanding debts.

“The university is experiencing this problem because the service providers were not paid. The university had to spend a lot of money on paying other outstanding bills”

Training of students on how to register online started last weak at the Faculty of law before Internet providers withdrew their services. Kadilo said the university has again borrowed money to pay for Internet.