Blow To Students Taking Diploma, Certificate Course In Universities
Students who wish to participate in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (Tvet) programmes offered by universities are not qualified to receive financial assistance from the government.
According to Agnes Wahome, Chief Executive Officer of the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS), this category encompasses degree-based diploma and certificate degrees that are made available by institutions.
According to Wahome, even if several of our universities house Tvet schools that give students the opportunity to earn diplomas and certificates, those schools are not qualified to receive government funding for educational assistance.
Tuesday morning found her participating in an interview with Citizen TV, where she made her remarks.
According to Wahome, the Kuccps website will have the courses available for selection at some point in the future.
Approximately 200 Tvet institutes are under the supervision of the Ministry of Education. According to her, these students would be eligible for financial aid in the form of grants and loans from the government.
She went on to clarify that this method has been in use for quite some time after that.
This week, the President of the United States unveiled a plan to provide financial aid to college students depending on their levels of financial need.
Ruto described three groups of students: those who are capable, those who are more vulnerable, and those who are the least vulnerable.
“Children who come from families with low incomes will now have access to opportunities for higher education and TVET on an equal footing.” The youngsters living in their houses are not required to receive any sort of educational assistance, according to Deputy President William Ruto.
The new method of funding will reportedly become operational at the beginning of the fiscal year that follows the current one, as stated by the President.
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Both the new group of 145,325 students who will register in TVET schools and the new group of 173,127 students who will register in universities will benefit from the proposal. Together, these two groups will make up the new cohort.
In the meantime, the President has committed to increasing funding for higher education to the tune of Sh84.6 billion, which is 56% more than what is allocated in the budget for the current fiscal year 2022–2023.
According to him, the new investment will be made up of a HELB loan component at 31.6 billion shillings and a budgetary commitment worth 53 billion shillings.
A devastating blow for students looking to enrol in certificate and diploma programmes at the university level.
Blow To Students Taking Diploma, Certificate Course In Universities
