Agony of being a student in a public university

It is almost unimaginable that university students at one point in our history were charmed with stipends and luxuries like free meals for them to enroll for tertiary education. Ironically, as the thirst for education grew, the quality of public institutions dwindled leading to loss of tag-the premier education system in East Africa.

Administration of various universities are burning the mid-night oil to ensure they equip themselves to the accorded standards expected from the Ministry of Education. However, difficulties continue to plague public universities compared to their counterparts in private universities. This is manifested mostly in cases where institutions solely rely on government funds compared to private universities that get funds directly from its sources. Access to basic University resources is limited by its ever burgeoning student population. Presently, walking into the university does not automatically earn one a silver bullet to employment. Hashtag writers picked out a few challenges that a student in public universities has to contend with.