The new cohort of university students could pay Sh48,000 in tuition fees, three times the current Sh16,000 if a proposal by vice chancellors is adopted. The fees increase is meant to plug revenue holes created by the de facto abolition of the privately sponsored students programme in 2015 and cover for mounting training costs. The VCs propose that students shoulder some of the shortfalls left. The VCs want the Higher Education Loans Board to increase loans advanced to students to cushion them from the fees hike. But the VCs propose that the government prioritises its resources to cover only those students it wishes to support.

Source: The Star August 11, 2020 20:03 UTC