We thank all staff and students of MakSHS for a job well done in the year 2022. Special thanks to the Heads of Department and units, programme coordinators and students’ leadership in the departments for successfully navigating our school through the congestion of post-lockdown catch-up in academic calendar and for the teamwork exhibited in 2022.
We are delighted to present this report highlighting the performance of MakSHS in delivery of the university’s core mandate of teaching, research and community engagement as guided by both Makerere University strategic plan and MakCHS strategic plan in 2022. Although this report is by no means exhaustive of the accomplishments, misses and challenges in MakSHS in 2022, the presentation provides a fair snapshot of the school’s balance sheet in delivering on the university’s mandate as of December 2022. My hope is that all staff and departments in MakSHS and MakSOD find this report useful in reflecting upon the journey accomplished and what was missed in the year 2022 so as to have a brighter 2023 and beyond. As a school, we dedicate ourselves to using this report as a springboard for continuing improvement in delivery of the university’s desire of being research led.
We thank the leadership of MakCHS, university Management and the University Council for all the support rendered to ensure that MakSHS continues on an upward trajectory through 2022. In particular, we thank the Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs for the engagements in university Management that enabled major increase in staff establishment for the then Department of Dentistry and the approval of two additional faculty positions for the Department of Pharmacy over the last two years. Furthermore, we thank university Management, Senate and the University Council for granting the Department of Dentistry a School status. We will continue engaging you as we work towards upgrading the Departments of Nursing and Pharmacy into Schools in accordance with their status regionally and globally, as demanded by the professional Councils. I wish you a blessed 2023.
Pakoyo Fadhiru Kamba, PhD
DEAN