By Mike Rwothomio
The Alur Kingdom has received 436 bursary offers for its young
people to undertake various vocational courses at Erussi Institute of Science and Technology (EISS), and Fountain head Institute of
Management and Technology, respectively.
Erussi Institute of Science and Technology, located in Padolo
Parish , Erussi Sub-county, Nebbi District, has offered 100
bursaries to Alur Kingdom.
The courses offered were listed in a press release issued by Alur Kingdom’s communication officer David Rupiny, on March 12, 2025.
The courses offered at EISS are
National Diploma in Crop Production and Management, National
Certificate in Agriculture Production and Management, National
Certificate in Building Construction, and National Certificate in
Fashion and Garment Design.
On the other hand, Fountainhead Institute of Management and
Technology, located in Lira City West Division, Lira City, has
offered Alur Kingdom 336 bursaries, i.e. six bursaries for each of the 56 Chiefdoms that constitute the Kingdom.
The courses offered at Fountainhead Institute of Management and
Technology are the National Higher Diploma in Civil Engineering,
Mechanical Engineering, and Electrical Engineering, respectively.
Others are National Diploma in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical
Engineering, Animal Production and Management, Record and
Information Management, Accounting and Finance, Crop
Production and Management, Fashion and Garment Design,
Agribusiness Management, and Petroleum Logistics Management,
respectively.
The National Certificate Courses are in Plumbing, Creative and
Performing Arts, Accounting and Finance, Agricultural Production
and Management, Petroleum Logistics Management, Electrical
Installation and Maintenance, and Record and Information
Management, respectively.
Alur kingdom youth are renowned for being highly enterprising but majority stay idle and are not employed.
In Uganda , 52% are working for themselves only, and 43% are unpaid family workers. About 77% of the population aged 15 – 64 work. Unemployment is negligible at 3.2% for the adult population and 5.3% for youth, according to world bank.
Commenting on the bursaries offer, the Principal of Erussi
Institute of Science and Technology, Darius Ekwang, observed that the
admission qualification is in line with Uganda Business and
Technical Education standards.
Ekwang noted that the numerous challenges parents and
students go through in accessing quality education , prompted them to strategically establish the Institute in Erussi Sub-county, to directly meet the needs of the people in Alur Kingdom.
“The costs involved in studying at Erussi Institute of Sciences and
Technology are also moderate to encourage more enrolment of
students from disadvantaged families”, Ekwang said in parts.
Around 700,000 young people reach working age every year in Uganda. This is expected to rise to an average of one million in the decade from 2030-2040, and it is already creating a mismatch between labour demand and supply, according to figures from world bank.
The Prime Minister of Alur Kingdom, Prince Lawrence Opar
Angala, welcomes the bursary offers, which he says will go a long
way in skilling young people in the Kingdom and make them
employable, leading to the transformation of the Kingdom.
The Cultural Minister of Education and Environment, Dr. Sarah
Akello, appeals to those interested in accessing the bursaries to
contact the Kingdom as soon as possible through the listed contacts.
The offers has come timely, given the Kingdom’s intensified efforts it has laid in fighting poverty, improving education and promoting social welfare of it’s subjects.
On the flip side, the coming in of Erussi Institute of Science and Technology, is viewed as a blessing in Alur land, given the limited number of institutions in the area.
Subjects are being rallied to seize this available opportunities for transformation.
Bursary Liaison:
Mr. Ronnie Rupiny, +256782782233, ronnierupiny@gmail.com
Mr. Emilio Odongo, Mobile: +256772574315
