KUCCPS issues directives to universities on fees ahead of the first year of admission
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KUCCPS will not allow universities to revise fees for courses until a student completes the academic programme
KUCCPS will not allow universities to revise fees for courses until a student completes the academic programme.
Universities will not be permitted to change course costs until a student has completed four academic years, according to Dr. Mercy Wahome, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS).
The CEO said on Saturday, May 20, during a media sensitization session on the students’ placement procedure and the new higher education finance model that the action will assure the effectiveness of the new funding model.
Wahome claims that the universities will only be permitted to modify tuition costs for the incoming batch after consultations.
The CEO also pointed out that students will continue to pay the same amount for the subsequent four years even if the cost of their study decreases.
However, for every intake, the universities are allowed to revise their fees, meaning that for each cohort, the cost of the courses could vary.
“We are funding the students. We kept saying that we need to fund the student and not the university because when we fund the university, they will even compromise on the quality,” she stated.
Geoffrey Munari, the CEO of the University fund noted that the new model was also a solution to the falling quality of education and the ballooning debt burden.
“The quality of our education has been affected so we need to think. The debt the university was accruing was growing very fast,” he stated.
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President William Ruto unveiled the new funding model on Wednesday, May 3 as a remedy to the debt crisis bedeviling public universities.
He noted that under the new model, the government would increase university allocation in the 2023/24 financial year from Ksh54 billion to Ksh84.6 billion.
Further, Ruto explained that students would be divided into three categories including the Vulnerable, the Less Vulnerable, and the Able, and will receive funding according to the categories.
He noted that the new funding model would take effect in the next education year and all continuing government-sponsored students will be supported in line with the previous model.
“Universities and TVETS will no longer receive block funding in the form of capitation based on a differentiated unit cost. Funding to students shall combine scholarships, loans, and household contributions on a graduated scale,” Ruto stated.
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