Records and archives management profession, like other information professions requires a complex theoretical and practical knowledge base to underpin its special expertise. Iwhiwhu, (2005), notes that Information and records management are the pillars of business activities. Therefore, with their absence, management is incapacitated in its decision making process. The lack of records impairs orderly methods of information communication and utilization in an organization or institution. Organizations today require highly qualified personnel to manage their records.

General Objectives

To provide foundation education and training for candidates who are seeking to enter the Records Management, Information/ Documentation and Archives Management profession and to equip them with knowledge and skills with which to meet their challenges in the dynamics of the working environment

Specific Objectives

The Records and Archives Management Programme will have the following objectives:

(a) To educate and train students in Archives & Records management
(b) To equip students with knowledge and skills in managing different types of information institutions in particular, Records Center, Archives, Documentation and Information Centres
(c) To equip students with sufficient skills to cater for staffing needs of the registries at government ministries, institutions, NgOs and private organisations in and outside Uganda
(d) To provide foundation education and training for candidates who are seeking to enter the profession of Records Officers, Archivists, Documentalists and Information Officers