By James Wakahiu
Universities in the country have decried the low number of students that qualified for the university placements, saying the matter will gradually affect the operations in most of the universities.
According to the Zetech University new Vice Chancellor Prof Njenga Munene, the decreasing number of students admitted through the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Services (KUCCPS) has seen most of the universities get low numbers compared to what they had planned for.
Prof Munene said that the effects of the low placements will be experienced on human capital and university staff maybe laid off to reduce the wage bill considering they had expanded their capacity to accommodate the new intakes.
“Some of the university staff might be laid off as the institutions had budgeted for a higher number but the placement has seen a very low intake in all the universities in Kenya. We hope this is resolved in future to avoid experiencing more effects on the universities,” Prof Munene said.
He further added that there is need to address the increasing number of students who did not attain the C+ grade which is the minimum grade for the university placement.
The VC called upon Kenyans to enroll for Certificate and Diploma courses as the Government is reviewing the status of credit transfer.
