End of road for quack lecturers as cleanup of universities begins

Education CS Fred Matiang’i presents a gift to a former student of Mary Hill Girls School in Thika. The student excelled in last year’s KCSE exams. The CS was the chief guest during the school’s prize giving ceremony. [Photo:Kamau Maichuhie, Standard]

The Education Ministry is on Monday expected to announce tough measures to clean up the rot in public universities.

Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has summoned more than 100 vice chancellors as well as sitting and outgoing council chairpersons to a two-day meeting at Simba Lodge, Naivasha, to spell out a plan to rid the universities of unprofessional practices, including irregular admissions and recruitment of under qualified lecturers.