Kiiza David Maclaren

By David Maclaren Kiiza Maintaining UNEB season’s theme, “Integrity and Security in the Management of Examinations; the Health and Safety of Learners is joint responsibility”.The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) on Thursday released the 2022 examination timetables for Primary Leaving Examination (PLE) Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE), and the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) examinations. This is in line with the Board’s policy of inclusiveness and equitable assessment of learner’s achievements, According to Dan Odongo the executive director of UNEB said that braille versions of the timetables have been provided to cater for learners with visual impairment with soft copies are being uploaded on school portals, while the printed copies are now being packed along with other examination stationery. Heads of Examination centers and District Inspectors of schools will be advised when to pick the materials while Head teachers who registered blind candidates shoul

WHY PROFESSIONALISM IS IMPORTANT TO AN ENGINEER?   Turning one’s potential ability into reality cuts across all professions globally, however, in Uganda’s particular scenario professionalism is emphasized only by both educational and regulatory professional institutions but in reality, less attention towards professionalism is evident in all industries. I would like to specifically tackle the engineering profession which in the most recent days has gained or attracted the highest degree of public criticism due to failures either in what their product outputs are or focusing on the rampart collapsing city building structures in the capital Kampala and other newly created cities like Fort-Portal, Mbarara, Jinja, Mbale etc. Professional practices of civil engineering are in most cases ignored by the technical tradesmen and they always forge their way out. One would ask what exactly is the importance and relevance of Professionalism to an engineer. Engineering being a great field, a lo