Students in public universities will from this year pay varying amounts of tuition fees depending on the university one attends. This revelation came in changes meant to fix the funding crisis in institutions of higher learning in a new model set to take effect once the Kenya Universities and Collages Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) places the 2022 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) candidates.
Universities will be required to declare their tuition fees for each programme beforehand so that students choose programmes while also considering their costs once the Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms finishes its survey.
“Parents need to know that there will be consequences for the university choices they make for the university choices they make for their children. For example, if one chooses to study medicine at the University of Nairobi, it will not be at the same cost as what students at Moi University will pay for the same course,” a highly placed source said.
According to the Universities Fund (UF), the most expensive programme is a Bachelor’s degree in Dentistry at Sh720, 000 while a Bachelor of Arts degree costs the least at Sh144, 000.
It is likely that universities will quote tuition fees higher than the UF data.
The recommendation appears to be in line with a suggestion made by vice chancellors of public universities to the education reforms team. They recommended that, at the very minimum, a student should pay Sh24, 000 and a maximum of Sh52, 000.
By Vostine Ratemo
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