Vice chancellors push for fee hike as public universities in the red

Embu University's third graduation ceremony yesterday. VCs are pushing for fees hike in varsities.[Joseph Muchiri, Standard]

Parents may dig deeper into their pockets to finance higher education of their children as public universities pitch a strong case on fees increase.

Vice chancellors of public universities want each student to pay Sh48,000 up from the current Sh16,000, saying the cost of training has gone up.