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Big win for lecturers as court nullifies PHD requirement

You do not need to have a doctorate degree to lecture in Kenyan universities, a labour court has ruled.

While nullifying regulations by the Commission for University Education limiting university teaching to only those who have a PhD, Justice Stephen Radido faulted the university regulator for ignoring public participation.

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