University students to be admitted without paying tuition fees- Vice Chancellors announce
VICE CHANCELLORS’ COMMITTEE REMARKS ON FREE UNIVERSITY ADMISSIONS DIRECTIVE:
Following an earlier directive by Education CS Ezekiel Machogu that no University student shall be denied admission because of fees, the VCs from all the Public Universities have confirmed the adoption of the directive by their respective Institutions.
However, parents are requested to support students with accommodation & meals as they wait for personal upkeep stipend from the Govt.
Vice Chancellors’ Committee has said that whoever had paid fees to get admissions to Universities can now claim a refund from their respective Institutions after categorization of students by the HEF ( UF & HELB.)
The VCs Committee has restated the M.o.E directive that New First Year students that are currently being admitted into public Universities are not required to pay any form of Tuition Fees under the New Funding Model until the Higher Education Fund (comprising of Universities Fund and HELB) finalizes their categorization.
The Committee has further indicated that Kenyatta University has already admitted 7,752 out of the 7,979 students placed by KUCCPS.
Kisii University has already admitted 7,160 out of the 8,670 students placed.
Moi University has admitted 4,103 out of the 5,480 students placed.
Data from the Universities Funding revealed that over 109,100 students placed in Universities have applied for either the government scholarship, loans or both.
This means about 31,007 students are yet to apply for Government Funding. On the other hand, another 53,736 students in TVET institutions have also applied for Government Funding.
On 7th Sept, CS Machogu extended the scholarship and loans applications period to October 7, 2023 to allow the remaining placed students to apply.
