Gov’t Announces Fate of Students Without IDs Seeking to Join University

Gov’t Announces Fate of Students Without IDs Seeking to Join University

Gov’t Announces Fate of Students Without IDs Seeking to Join University: The University Fund Kenya on Monday revealed that students seeking to join the university in September 2024 and don’t have a National Identity Card risked losing on government scholarship. 

This was revealed following an enquiry by Principal Secretary, State Department for Higher Education and Research Beatrice Inyangala.

Students raised concerns that they were unable to apply for funding through the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB).

A section of Kenyans had stated that the government had delayed the issuance of ID cards making it impossible for the students to apply for scholarships.

The University Fund revealed that young Kenyans yet to attain the age of 18 years could still go ahead and apply for the scholarship.

The loan application portal allows the students to circumvent the ID requirement by allowing the prospective undergraduates to key in their Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) Index number instead.

This option will not work for students who are above 18 years old and are yet to get their national IDs.

Those who have applied for IDs and are still waiting for them to be processed will have to be patient for they will require the IDs to apply for the scholarship,” the agency responded.

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