Mary Okwakol | |
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Rayuwa | |
Haihuwa | Iganga (en) , 1951 (72/73 shekaru) |
ƙasa | Uganda |
Mazauni | Busitema (en) |
Karatu | |
Makaranta | Jami'ar Makerere |
Harsuna | Turanci |
Sana'a | |
Sana'a | malamin jami'a, zoologist (en) da mataimakin shugaban jami'a |
Employers | Jami'ar Busitema |
Kyaututtuka | |
Mamba | Uganda National Academy of Sciences (en) |
Mary Jossy Nakhanda Okwakol, (an haife ta a shekara ta 1951) farfesa ce a jami'ar Uganda, shugabar gudanar da harkokin ilimi, masaniya ce a fannin dabbobi kuma shugabar al'umma. Ita ce shugabar hukumar shirya jarabawar ta Uganda a halin yanzu.[1]
Kafin haka, daga watan Oktoba, 2006, har zuwa watan Mayu, 2017, ta yi aiki a matsayin Mataimakiyar Shugaban Jami'ar Busitema, ɗaya daga cikin jami'o'in jama'a tara a Uganda.[2]
An haife ta a Ƙauyen Namunyumya, gundumar Iganga, Gabashin Uganda, kusan shekara ta 1951. Ta halarci Makarantar Firamare ta Namunyumya Mixed, don karatun firamarenta. Mary Okwakol ta halarci Makarantar Mount Saint Mary's College Namagunga don karatun sakandare.[3]
Ta yi digirin farko na Kimiyya ( BSc ) a Zoology, wanda ta samu a shekarar 1974, daga Jami'ar Makerere, jami'a mafi tsufa a Gabashin Afirka. Ta kuma yi digirin digirgir na Master of Science (MSc), a fannin dabbobi, wanda ta samu a shekarar 1976, ita ma daga Jami’ar Makerere. Hakanan an samu digirinta na Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) a fannin dabbobi daga Jami'ar Makerere, a shekarar 1992.[3]
Bayan kammala karatunta a Makerere a shekarar 1974, an gayyaci Mary Okwakol zuwa Faculty of Science a matsayin mataimakiyar malami. Nan take ta shiga karatunta na Masters sannan ta kammala a shekarar 1976. An naɗa ta lecturer. A shekarar 1988, ta zama babbar malama. Ta yi karatun digirin digirgir a Jami’ar Oxford da ke Birtaniya, amma ta ƙasa ci gaba saboda nauyin iyali a Uganda. Ta koma Makerere kuma ta kammala karatu a shekarar 1992. Tun daga lokacin Makerere ta ba ta cikakkiyar digiri. A lokacin da aka kafa Jami’ar Gulu a shekarar 2004, an naɗa ta mataimakiyar shugabar gwamnati, inda ta yi aiki a wannan matsayi har zuwa lokacin da aka nada ta a matsayin mataimakiyar shugabar jami’ar Busitema a shekarar 2006.[4] A cikin shekarar 2019, an naɗa Mary a matsayin Babbar Daraktar na Majalisar Ilimi mai zurfi ta ƙasa, matsayin da ta riƙe har zuwa 2021.[5]
Farfesa Okwakol mamba ce ta Forum for African Women Educationalists, wata kungiya mai zaman kanta ta Afirka, wadda aka kafa a shekarar 1992, wadda ke aiki a kasashen Afirka 32. Dandalin yana da nufin karfafawa 'yan mata da mata ta hanyar ilmantar da jinsi. Membobinta sun haɗa da masu fafutukar kare hakkin ɗan adam, kwararrun jinsi, masu bincike, masu tsara manufofin ilimi, mataimakan shugabannin jami'a da ministocin ilimi. Kungiyar tana kula da hedkwatarta a Nairobi, Kenya, kuma tana da ofisoshi na yanki a Dakar, Senegal.[6] Farfesa Okwakol ta yi wallafe-wallafe a cikin ƙwararrun mujallu kuma ta rubuta babi a cikin littattafan kimiyya da suka shafi fannonin ta na musamman. A watan Mayun 2014, aka naɗa ta a matsayin shugabar hukumar shirya jarabawar Uganda.[7]