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Reprieve for students in varsity admissions

Education CS Ezekiel Machogu (second left) chats with legislators after appearing before the National Assembly Education Committee on August 24, 2023. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Students reporting to public universities for their first academic year will not be sent away for fees and the opening dates will be flexible to allow all students to get admission.

Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu said the decision was made after it emerged that the loans and scholarship applications were not moving as envisaged.

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