Eyes on Ruto as varsity funding model tweaked for fourth time

CS, Ministry of Education Migos Ogamba addresses the press in Naivasha where he rooted for the Open education system noting that it would held bring down the cost of university education once fully rolled out. [Antony Gitonga/Standard]

President William Ruto has, for the fourth time, re-engineered the university funding model adopted in 2023, after three previous attempts aimed at fixing the financing of higher education that have resulted in uproar.

Earlier this week, the government unveiled a reduced fees structure in response to public outcry over the high cost of university education.