Makerere College School students, totaling 195, benefited from a comprehensive and dynamic career guidance exhibition held on October 24, 2026, at the school premises.
Ms. Mariam Nakigude, Career and Skills Development Officer, advised students to uphold discipline, determination, continuous learning, and resilience for career success, while also encouraging candidates to prioritize self-care, embrace new challenges, and view mistakes as opportunities for growth. During an interactive session, she urged students to actively seek career guidance, noting that many miss out on government sponsorship due to making uninformed programme choices made when completing their PUJAB application forms.
Drawing on the principles of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC), Kayanja Willy, Teaching Assistant in the Department of Leadership and Governance, underscored the critical role of self-awareness, critical thinking, creativity, problem-solving, and informed decision-making in equipping learners for meaningful careers and the evolving demands of the modern world of work. while providing students with valuable insights into the programmes offered at MUBS, their respective career prospects, the admissions process.
He further noted that career guidance under the CBC should extend beyond academic performance to encompass learners’ unique abilities, practical competencies, personal values, and their potential to contribute meaningfully to society, while also guiding students on the various academic programmes offered at MUBS.
Akampa Ronald an Assistant Career and Skills development Officer guided students with valuable insights and strategies for excelling in their upcoming UNEB examinations, enabling them to make better informed academic and career choices.
He implored the students to anchor their choices on passion and purpose as the major pillars of a successful career, encouraging them to look beyond popular trends and external pressures, and instead consider careers that genuinely align with who they are and the contribution they hope to make to society.
