
Management Training and Advisory Center
(MTAC) on 14th January held their 8th graduation ceremony at the MTAC
main campus in Nakawa, Kampala.
916 graduands were awarded diplomas and
certificates in the different fields at the memorable Graduation Ceremony and
out of these, 674 (73%) are female while 269 (27%) are male.
Addressing the congregation, MTAC Acting
Executive Director Soteri Karanzi Nabeeta lauded the Minister of Trade,
Industry and Cooperatives Hon. Francis Mwebesa, his colleague Ministers (State
for Industry, Hon David Bahati; State for Trade, Hon Ntabazi Harriet; State for
Cooperatives, Hon Gume Fredrick Ngobi) for effectively playing the oversight
role in superintending over MTAC to implement its mandate.
He also lauded the predecessor Minister
of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives Hon Amelia Kyambadde and her colleagues for
effectively playing the oversight role and laying a firm foundation upon which
we are celebrating today’s success.
In his appeal to the government through
the Chief Guest, the Executive Director asked for an increase in wage
subvention from the current UGX 100m per year to at least UGX 1.5bns per
year.He says this would enable the Centre to even pay the outstanding arrears,
particularly the Part Time Staff. He also hinted on funding for acquisition of a
permanent home for MTAC Mbale and MTAC Ntungamo among others.
In his remarks, the chief guest Hon.
Francis Mwebesa, Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives applauded the
management of MTAC for continuing to offer free vocational training to street
vendors. This programme, which started in 2017, was borne out of the resolve to
help the youths and women who are economically disadvantaged and according to
the Tracer Study conducted in 2019, some of the beneficiaries of this programme
have since left the streets and are involved in more gainful employment.
Minister Mwebesa also thanked the MTAC
Management for extending this opportunity to its outreach centers in Mbale,
Pader and Ntungamo and for partnering with other stakeholders to equip women
and youth with vocational skills that have enabled the beneficiaries to compete
in the market economy.
Minister Mwebesa noted that the
Government is undertaking strategic interventions to promote production and
productivity, and export including infrastructure development, implementation
of the National Exports Promotion Strategy (NEDS);Implementation of Buy Uganda
Build Uganda (BUBU)Promotion of science and technology among others.
In his message to the graduands, Minister
Mwebesa reminded them that action without knowledge is void while knowledge
without action is madness and meaningless urging them to approach any task or
job with determination, tenacity and enthusiasm.
Management Training and Advisory Centre
was inaugurated on 14th July 1964 as a project of the Government of Uganda
(GOU) that was funded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and
the executing agency was the International Labour Organisation (ILO). MTAC
offers a range of different Diploma and Certificate programmes. They are
instrumental in the industry and other economic sectors in improving management
practices and, more critically, assisting Ugandans become entrepreneurs and job
creators.
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Our Vision
The MTAC’s Vision is “a world of job creators and effective managers”
Our Mission
The mission is “to improve management performance and promote enterprise development through training and consultancy”.
Values
Customer focus
Team Work
Professionalism
Quality Service
Accountability