The National Council for Higher Education has come up with a damning report on the status of higher education in the country. While noting positive developments in the sector like the number of universities increasing from one in 1987 to 28 today, it warned that 11 of them were operating illegally. The draft report being released at a stakeholders' workshop in Kampala paints a gloomy picture of the sector saying it is characterised by poor record keeping, under-funding, outmoded curriculum and unacceptably high lecturer to student ratio.