Pull public varsities back from the brink of collapse

Graduands during Kabarak University's 18th graduation ceremony on December 16, 2022. [Kennedy Gachuhi, Standard].

Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu says public universities have debts amounting to Sh56 billion in pension and statutory deductions. He has also admitted that the government is unable to provide 80 per cent funding for every student who joins public universities.

This partly explains students who sat Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination in 2022 and qualified to join university are yet to do so. The delay is occasioned by lack of funds to sponsor students under the Higher Education Loans Board.