Move to defund private varsities raises concerns



Nation | by Faith Nyamai


The Ministry of Education and vice-chancellors of public universities are fronting a proposal to stop enrolment of government-sponsored students into private universities.

Should the proposal be adopted, most of the 34 private universities will either close down or scale down their operations as a significant portion of their budgets is supported through the government-sponsored students programme.

The proposal, raised through the Education Committee of the National Assembly, appears to have attracted the support of MPs and ministry officials…

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