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Students Boom- 6,951 first year students report to Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology for the academic year 2019/2020

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Having recently retained top spot for the second year in a row as the most preferred University, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology has received 6,951 first year students for the academic year 2019/2020, surpassing last academic year’s (2018/2019) intake of 6,438.

The freshers who arrived Monday September 2, 2019 will undergo a week long orientation in their respective Colleges and Schools while also interacting with student leaders and the University Management.

Among the 6,951 students, 4,154 are male while 2,797 are female. The College of Human Resource Development attracted the highest number of students with a total of 2,715, followed by the College of Pure and Applied Sciences (1667), College of Engineering and Technology 1305), College of Health Sciences (799) and College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (465) respectively.

Students register at College of Engineering and Technology Doreen Murugi, a new student pursuing Civil Engineering, said choosing JKUAT was an easy decision having received excellent recommendations from her elder sister, an alumna of JKUAT.

“One of my sisters, who is a former JKUAT student of Business in Information Technology (BBIT) told me that JKUAT was an obvious choice because it is a top University with the best educational facilities, training and competent lecturers,” said Ms. Murugi. She said it was easy for her to make up her mind.

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Commission for Higher Education launches probe into the 118 PhDs awarded by JKUAT University

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The Commission for University Education (CUE) has launched an inquiry into the 118 PhDs awarded by JKUAT during their 33rd graduation ceremony held on 21st June 2019. This was deemed to be a weighty matter that required urgent attention, particularly to assure quality of the PHD awards.

The Commission immediately established a Committee of Inquiry to address the issues pertaining to the conferment of PhDs by JKUAT. CUE has met senior staff of JKUAT as well as key staff members of the Board of Postgraduate Studies (BPS) and perused critical documents to establish if due process was followed in the award of these PHDs. The Commission’s team of inquiry has visited JKUAT campuses where most of the PHD training took place and undertaken strategic engagements and site verification visits.

During this process, the Commission has set out to establish whether standard procedures were adhered to in regard to training, research, supervision and examination processes of the said PHDs as stipulated in the Universities Act, 2012; Universities Regulations, 2014 and Universities Standards and Guidelines, 2014.

At the conclusion of the exercise, the Commission will compile a comprehensive report to be submitted to the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Education and keep the public informed on the same.

This undertaking is part of a broader comprehensive audit on the quality of university education in Kenya, under the guidance of the Education Cabinet Secretary, which encompasses probe on:

a). The quality of doctoral programmes in our universities including student: faculty ratios;
b). Adequacy of teaching and learning facilities in universities;
c). Qualifications of faculty in our universities;
d). Quality of academic programmes offered in our universities;
e). Financial sustainability in public universities as presently constituted;
f). Duplication of academic programmes in universities; and
g). Staffing situation in public universities.

The Commission has engaged universities seeking their input towards the above issues and will use it to develop an advisory to the CS on quality of university education, by 30th July 2019. The Commission has already met with the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Education and briefed him on the progress towards achievement of this assignment as well as progress towards establishing authenticity of the JKUAT 118 PHD degrees.

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