ISBAT University and UBTEB launch skills campaign on IT and Multimedia Entrepreneurship & Employment opportunities

“ISBAT University and UBTEB launch skills campaign on IT and Multimedia
Entrepreneurship & Employment opportunities
Uganda has the second youngest population in the world and the initiative by His
Excellency the President of Uganda to skill the youths is going to explore new
opportunities of employment and entrepreneurship in the country.
Skilling the youths is the way to go to take the country to middle income level as
envisioned by the Government. In response to the Presidential initiatives, ISBAT
University as one of the premium Chartered Universities in Uganda is taking a
nationwide initiative in association with Uganda Business and Technical
Examination Board (UBTEB) to create awareness among the youths on various
employment and entrepreneurship opportunities in the field of Information
Technology and Multimedia/Graphics industry. The first seminar will be
inaugurated by the Executive Secretary of UBTEB Oyesigye Onesmus (CPA) on
Saturday, 12th of February 2022 at 10:30 am at ISBAT University City Campus
located on Conrad Plaza Entebbe Road. The seminar will be led by international
experts and well-known employers in the country. There will be a series of oneday seminars going to be held in major regions of the country, beginning with
Kampala. The attendees of the seminar will have opportunity to interact with
career experts and will be able to explore employment and entrepreneurship
opportunities available in ICT Software Engineering and Multimedia/Graphics
industry. There will be a free facility for IT and multimedia skills’ assessment of
participants, career counseling and professional development potential to be
successful in life.
ISBAT University is on the mission of empowering lives through quality
education and skilling of individuals, households, corporate and government
sectors in Uganda and the East African region by providing sustainable,
affordable, and employable education and skills training. ISBAT University offers
demand driven professional courses that are assessed and awarded by UBTEB. It
is important to note that accredited qualifications and awards can skill candidates
with O – level or S4 qualifications to achieve interim certificates that can enable
gainful employment while opening avenues for higher education and professional
advancement. The University’s hybrid blended learning philosophy ensures
continued and lifelong education and skilling for aspiring citizens.
UBTEB is proud to be associated with ISBAT University in championing the call
for the development of competent graduates in the field of ICT Software
Engineering and Multimedia/Graphics. In line with the BTVET Act 2008,
UBTEB is mandated to accredit all education and training institutions that offer
post O’lvel and post A’level TVET and other specialized programmes apart from
health related programmes. We are glad that ISBAT University is among the
pioneer universities that got UBTEB accreditation centre. On this note, I wish to
encourage all parents and students seeking higher education to look out for the
awarding body of any course they are interested in pursuing.
While we are in charge of accreditation of training institutions and assessment for
credible awards, we also accredit institutions based on meeting minimum
standards including facilities, the trainers suitable for producing a competent and
holistic TVET graduate. Based on the standards for accreditation, the institutions
are obliged to continuously improve on the standards to match the expectations
of the world of work.

As UBTEB, we congratulate ISBAT University on launching the awareness
campaign to promote skills based courses examined and awarded by UBTEB. We
are confident of the University capacity to equip students with the most necessary
skills in ICT, Multimedia programmes. With UBTEB centre, ISBAT University
enjoys the trust from the public in regard to the conformity with the processes
leading to our awards of qualification to the successful candidates. Therefore an
ISBAT University graduate with UBTEB award is competent, innovative to start
an enterprise, be productive in the labour market and be able to employ others.
We appeal to the public to take on this opportunity and enroll for the
programmes offered by ISBAT University in the areas of ICT Software
Engineering and Multimedia/Graphics industry. These are essential programmes
that equip graduates with skills fit for the 21st century.