By BigEyeUg Team
Dr. Lawrence Muganga has opened up in regards to the journey that led him to turning into the Vice Chancellor of Victoria University, revealing that the chance got here unexpectedly after he returned to Uganda for a consultancy function.
Speaking on Sanyuka TV’s Bigenda Bitya present, Dr. Muganga defined that he had no plans of staying in Uganda completely when he first returned. Instead, he had come again to assist the Ministry of Education on the implementation of the competence-based curriculum.
According to him, each the Speaker and the Prime Minister requested his experience, permitting him to function a advisor on the schooling reforms.
“I got here again as a advisor and I used to be paid rather well,” he stated.
At the time, Dr. Muganga was working as a professor overseas and supposed to finish the consultancy project earlier than returning to his earlier place.
However, issues took an sudden flip when a buddy who ceaselessly interviewed him launched his profile to the late Rajiv Ruparelia and his father, businessman Sudhir Ruparelia.
“This buddy of mine had reached out to Rajiv and his dad telling them that he had met somebody who would assist them with the college,” he recalled.
Following the introduction, Dr. Muganga met with the Ruparelia household to debate the way forward for Victoria University. During these conversations, they explored methods that might revive the establishment, which was dealing with important challenges on the time.
He revealed that the college had solely about 190 college students through the COVID-19 interval, making the duty of rebuilding it each pressing and bold.
The discussions ultimately led to his appointment as Vice Chancellor, a job during which he has since overseen the college’s transformation and development.
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