The University of Kisubi (UniK) was admitted to the global consortium for Service Learning (SL) under the auspices of UNISERVITATE in December 2020. UNISERVITATE is an umbrella organisation that brings together over 20 Catholic-founded universities and institutions of higher education worldwide, which embrace Service Learning as a novel pedagogy for 21st century education. This pedagogy extols problem-based active learning, where learners are placed at the center of the entire learning process and experiences as a way of equipping them to translate the knowledge and skills learnt in class into practical solutions to life’s everyday challenges they encounter individually and in the communities where they live. This way, these learners are appropriately prepared not only to become drivers of positive change and transformation within their immediate and remote communities, but also engaged active citizens who always strive to improve their living conditions and those of their communities.
The Aims and Goals of the Essay Competition
This essay competition will be a platform for sensitizing the students’ fraternity and the wider University community about Service Learning. It will also generate and disseminate a body of knowledge about Service Learning and its benefits to the University community and society at large. But even more importantly, the Service Learning Coordination Team will obtain valuable feedback on how much the University community – particularly the students’ body – knows about the Service Learning programme and its promoters and partners, as well as what needs to be done to enhance its vision and mission in the University.
