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The National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) has said it will not recognise the academic credentials of at least 2,025 students who have been studying at the Iganga-based Busoga University.

The university’s licence was revoked by the NCHE seven years ago for allegedly lacking qualified staff, teaching uncredited courses and awarding fake degrees to more than 1,000 students, mainly of South Sudanese descent, who went on to graduate within a space of two months at the last graduation in 2016.

Other issues raised by NCHE are admission of students without requisite admission criteria, illegal affiliation, lack of up-to-date student records, and failure to conduct progressive student assessments, among others.

However, Daily Monitor has learnt that the university, which was founded in 1999, is irregularly conducting lectures for at least 366 students, while a total of 1,659 students have their graduation pending.

During a recent visit to the university, the gates were open, offices were operating normally, and students were studying without interruption.

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