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Here is how our universities can improve their world rankings

Kisii University Masters Degree graduands. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]

Quality of university education is a top priority for Kenya's economic competitive strategies. It is hard for the country to become a middle-level country by 2030 without matching transformation in the quality of higher education outcomes and equitable distribution in learning opportunities.

According to the World Bank's Vice President for Africa, Mahktar Diop, "since Africa is discovering oil, gas and minerals every other month, we should be able to extract from the market and invest the earnings in higher quality education and double the share of African universities graduates in the field of STEM by 2025".

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