- The Ministry of Education has begun a five‑day outreach in Kakamega to guide students, parents, and teachers on accessing government higher education funding.
- HELB, Universities Fund, and KUCCPS joined the programme, offering practical guidance on placement, career choices, and financing opportunities.
- PS Inyangala emphasised equitable access to tertiary education under BETA, assuring that no deserving learner will be denied higher education due to financial constraints.
The State Department for Higher Education and Research has kicked off a five-day sensitisation tour in Kakamega County aimed at helping students, parents and teachers understand how government higher education funding models work, as thousands of learners prepare to transition to university and TVET institutions.
The programme, launched at Malava Friends Church by Principal Secretary Dr Beatrice Inyangala, forms part of a wider nationwide outreach by the Ministry of Education targeting all 47 counties, and comes as many families continue to grapple with confusion over how to access financing for tertiary education.
It is being run jointly by the State Department for Higher Education, the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB), the Universities Fund (UF), and the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS), bringing together students, parents, teachers, education stakeholders and local leaders under one roof.
Participants at the Malava event received practical guidance on university and TVET placement through KUCCPS, how to choose the right career pathway, the student financing opportunities available to them, and the procedures for applying for both placement and financial support. Higher education experts were also on hand to offer one-on-one guidance addressing individual questions and concerns.
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Dr Inyangala said the engagement demonstrates government commitment to promoting higher learning by empowering young people to pursue their academic ambitions and by investing in a skilled workforce that will drive the country’s future development.
She added that disseminating such information to students and other education stakeholders would enable more learners to access education at both the tertiary and university levels, noting that many families had previously struggled to navigate the available funding models.
According to the ministry, the sensitisation campaign is designed to provide accurate information, address emerging concerns, and ensure that every eligible learner and their family can make informed decisions about higher education opportunities and financing, with officials pledging that no region will be left behind.
The department said the initiative reflects the government’s broader commitment to expanding equitable access to quality tertiary education and investing in Kenya’s human capital, in line with the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA), and reaffirmed that no deserving student should be denied access to higher education because of financial constraints.
From Malava, the sensitisation caravan is set to proceed to Navakholo, Ingotse, Eshisiru and Butsotso South, continuing the countywide push before the programme moves on to other parts of the country.
By Wakhungu Andanje
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