{"id":79,"date":"2018-05-09T12:23:55","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T09:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.1.253\/?page_id=79"},"modified":"2023-03-03T03:41:25","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T00:41:25","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/acct.ac.ug\/?page_id=79","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>The African College of Commerce and Technology has gone a long way since it was founded on 14<sup>th<\/sup> April 1986. View the milestones of our development below.<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>14<sup>th<\/sup> April 1986<\/strong>: Commissioned as a business education institution under the name <em>African College of Commerce<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>June 1986<\/strong>: Registered and recognized by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.education.go.ug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ministry of Education in Uganda<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong>: First graduation ceremony<\/li>\n<li><strong>1992<\/strong>: Introduced computer science courses<\/li>\n<li><strong>1994<\/strong>: Affiliated to Uganda National Examinations Board (now known as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ubteb.go.ug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board \u2013 UBTEB<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2003<\/strong>: Affiliated to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mubs.ac.ug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Makerere University Business School (MUBS)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>2005<\/strong>: Received financial support from the Federal Republic of Germany in order to establish a campus including buildings, computers, text books and a developing human resource department<\/li>\n<li><strong>2007<\/strong>: Bronze award <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ugpulse.com\/business\/surprises-at-uganda-s-6th-employer-of-the-year-award-ceremony\/609\/ug.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Employer Of The Year 2006<\/em><\/a> by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fuemployers.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Federation of\u00a0Uganda Employers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>2008<\/strong>: Accredited by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unche.or.ug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Uganda National Council for Higher Education (NCHE)<\/a> as a recognized institution of higher learning in Uganda<\/li>\n<li><strong>2010<\/strong>: Starting rebrand process to the name <em>African College of Commerce <strong>and Technology<\/strong><\/em> due to the introduction of more technical and vocational programs<\/li>\n<li><strong>16<sup>th<\/sup> April 2011<\/strong>: Silver jubilee (25 years), celebrated with an outreach to Rwanda, Congo, Tanzania, Burundi and Kenya<\/li>\n<li><strong>2012<\/strong>: Transformation into a fully-fledged polytechnic. Engaged all the training programs into innovation and production units for products and services; concretized the hands on training and competence based approach<\/li>\n<li><strong>2014<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Official name change from <em>African College of Commerce (ACC)<\/em> to <em>African College of Commerce and Technology (ACCT)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Introduction of an online service for results and fee payments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>2015<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>Certificate of Classification and Registration by NCHE<\/li>\n<li>All programs are accredited by NCHE<\/li>\n<li>Affiliated to Kyambogo University for a diploma in <em>Instructor and Technical Teacher Education (DITTE)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color: #221e1f;\">2016<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color: #221e1f;\">: Celebrated 30 years and 13th graduation on 15-04-2016;<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color: #221e1f;\">2018<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color: #221e1f;\">: Accredited by Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board for the examination of Diploma in Engineering Programmes. All centres harmonised under <b>No. BTV062<\/b>;<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color: #221e1f;\">2018<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color: #221e1f;\">: Accredited by the Directorate of Industrial Training as a centre for UVQF Assessments for levels 1, 2, 3, Modular assessment and the assessment of Workers PAS;<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color: #221e1f;\">\u00a0<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color: #221e1f;\">2018: <\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color: #221e1f;\">Cerebrated 32 years and graduated 671 former students;<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The African College of Commerce and Technology has gone a long way since it was founded on 14th April 1986. 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