Uganda: “Carpet grades” target of bias policy

The practice of male lecturers at Makerere demanding sex from female students in exchange for diplomas and "carpet" grades - indicating where the transaction takes place - is well known. But recently, some administrators and women's advocates at the university quietly drafted a sexual harassment policy to address the problem. If it is approved - which could happen as soon as May - it would be among the first of its kind in an African institution of higher learning.