Alur kingdom receive over 400 bursaries in vocational studies

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