Students from the vulnerable and extremely needy households will receive 100% funding while the needy and less needy will get 93% government funding and a 7% contribution from their households to cover for the tuition fees.
All university and TVET students who have received letters from universities and TVET colleges as per the placement from Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) are eligible for funding.
Classification of students
To effect this, the government has classified students seeking funding into four categories, the vulnerable, extremely needy, needy and less needy. The students joining private institutions too are eligible for the HELB loan and are encouraged to apply.
Funding across the four categories will be determined by evaluating family economic background to ensure that students from poor households are given priority in terms of scholarship allocation while those from less needy households are covered by loan financing from HELB as has been in the past.
The classes are vulnerable– who come from the poorest background; then there is the extremely needy who are the second neediest in the funding classification.
The third and fourth classes are needy and less needy respectively. These two categories need little to no support in paying their fees.
What students need when applying for financing under the new Higher Education financing Model