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Why varsities plan to scrap assistant lecturer's posts

Kenya: Universities will no longer recruit assistant lecturers, a forum convened by the Commission for University Education (CUE) has decided.

The meeting that brought together public and private universities yesterday, resolved it is getting difficult to maintain this cadre of staff because they are permanent and pensionable yet they do not complete the required assignments to move grades.

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