Education Taskforce recommends increase of university fee from 16k to 52k.
In an educational reforms report presented to President William Ruto last week, the Education Taskforce recommends increase of university fee from 16k to 52k.
The taskforce argued that through the increase, it will ease the financial burden on universities by writing off debts owed by universities to statutory bodies.
However, in their advocacy in the increment of school fees, the taskforce is also recommending that the government needs to increase its funding of education at tertiary level, which currently falls below the institutions’ needs.
Cumulatively, there is a short fall of about Ksh.164 billion from 2018/2019 to the 2022/2023 academic years.
The report also suggested that government should slash off huge debts owed by universities to statutory bodies, which is currently at Ksh.56.13 billion, including deductions for PAYE, pension, NHIF, NSSF amongst others.
Additionally, for the well good of universities, the taskforce suggested that the government should ensure that chancellor vacancies in 28 universities are filled.
The task force further suggested that the government should increase the enrolment of students in teachers training colleges that currently stands at a meagre 14.7%, or 3,922 students in 34 institutions, which have a capacity of 26,650 students.
Expansion of space for Technical and Vocational Training by building such institutes across the country, with a National Polytechnic in every county, Technical Vocational College in every constituency and a Vocational Training Centre in each ward was also recommended.
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