The National Council for Higher Education has reportedly halted the operations of Great Lakes Regional University in Kanungu for a month.
This was confirmed in a letter dated November 23, by National Council for Higher Education’s Executive Director Prof Mary Okwakwol to the university’s Vice Chancellor.
According to Okwakwol, the decision to temporarily close the University was taken during a meeting held on November 22, where the council discussed non-compliance issues at the university and decided that its operations be halted for 30 days.
Prof. Okwakwol who directed the University to close yesterday afternoon, lists some of the non compliance issues at the institution as, contested ownership of the university, poor governance and management among others. END
