BAD NEWS TO UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AFTER GOVT ANNOUNCES THIS.

More than 12,000 students from various universities have been delisted by the government who had failed to finish their courses within the stipulated time.

The affected students will have to pay fees out of their pockets should the respective universities allow them to proceed with their studies.

Students who drop out of university should not continue seeking funding from the government according to the University Funding Board CEO Geoffrey Monari.

Monari said that they stopped catering for 12,354 university students on establishing that they had overstayed at the institutions and this has saved 2.2 billion shillings.

Currently, the government pays 80 percent of the fees for the state-sponsored students at public universities- a move aimed at providing higher education to students who lack the means to continue with their education.

According to Monari, UFB strictly uses a student’s enrolment number and course in order to allocate funds.

Courses such as engineering, medicine, architecture, law, and dentistry receive more funds as compared to other courses such as arts and humanities.

Recently, the University of Nairobi launched mass deregistration of over 5,600 students who had overstayed at the institution. This includes those whose student tenure had either expired or had been terminated by expulsion or discontinuation.

Other categories include the students who interrupted their studentship by temporary withdrawal, deferment, or suspension as well as those with unexplained failure to transit to the subsequent level.

The university’s management explained that the de-registration process would be carried out in accordance with the Guidelines for Student Progression, 2020 that allows for termination of students’ progression and deregistration.

Last year, Kenya revived plans to increase fees for students enrolled at public universities starting this year. Private institutions were considering similar plans, spelling doom for students who could be paying at least double the current charges this year.

Senior treasury and education officials proposed that university fees be increased from 16,000 shillings to 48,000 shillings.

Sourced from Sokodirectory