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Senate sets govt deadline to solve woes at University of Rwanda

The University of Rwanda campus in Huye District. The institution has been dogged by funding shortfalls. PHOTO | CYRIL NDEGEYA

Lawmakers are urging the government to enforce a six-month deadline to ensure that the University of Rwanda (UR) addresses financial shortfalls that are dogging the four year-old institution.

UR was created by merging all public universities and colleges into one institution for better management, efficiency and improving quality of education. But since its creation it has been dogged by financial shortfalls and mismanagement of funds, which are often highlighted by the Auditor-General.

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