Private varsities push for overhaul of funding model to ease state burden

Prof Simon Gicharu, Founder, Mount Kenya University. [File, Standard]

Private universities have submitted a proposal to overhaul the new funding model which if adopted aims to ease financial pressure on the government.

The proposal recommends that the government continue providing loans and scholarships, a replica of the new funding model adopted in 2023 but with a key adjustment of prioritising courses deemed to be of national importance.