University fees to vary depending on financial needs. Students in public universities will from this year pay varying amounts of tuition fees depending on the universityuniversity 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 places the 2022 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.
It was revealed that parents need to know that there will be consequences for the university choices they make for their children. For instance, if one chooses to study medicine at the University of Nairobi, it will not be at the same cost as what students at Moi UniversityMoi University will pay for the same course.
According to the Universities Fund 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 Universities Fund data. University fees to vary depending on financial needs.
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 twenty four thousand shillings and a maximum of fifty two thousand shillings.
The idea of saving universities which are currently wallowing in financial crisis is posing a big challenge to all stakeholders in the ministry of Education.
However, with the idea of increasing or varying tuition fees for the same course may pose a bigger threat to some universities as parents and learners may shun the universities which will quote higher tuition fee and opt for those with relatively lower amounts.
