Private University Funding Scrapped

Private University Funding Scrapped. The students who will be attending private institutions in 2022 would experience hardship as a result of a proposal that was put up by the national assembly education committee on March 9, 2023.

The government has mandated that the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) program cease placing government-sponsored students at private universities in response to the plan.

This committee claims that the action will assist the government in lowering the debt burden at Kenya’s public colleges.

Thus, the Education Committee has now suggested that KUCCPS only enroll students who are sponsored by the government in public colleges.

The committee claims that private universities have been receiving funding each year, which has contributed to their lack of resources.

The government would no longer provide support to private universities starting in 2022, according to Tinderet, the member of parliament who chairs the committee.

The government would continue to subsidize students who were already enrolled in the program, so these new modifications would not have an impact on those who were still taking classes.

The committee claims that private universities have been receiving funding each year, which has contributed to their lack of resources. From the reliable sources universities have reported to have a heavy burden of debt. This ranges from lecturers payments, learning resources and pensions for the retired workers.

The government would no longer provide support to private universities starting in 2022, according to Tinderet, the member of parliament who chairs the committee.

The government would continue to subsidize students who were already enrolled in the program, so these new modifications would not have an impact on those who were still taking classes.

This comes after an outcry of the proposed high fees increment from 16,000 to 48,000. The students with C+ from 2022 KCSE also are in quagmire whether the government will fund their studies.