Somali universities Stories
The president’s call marks the first time Somalia has moved to formally incorporate Swahili as a working and instructional language alongside Somali,...
According to the report, the institutions used 62 per cent of their total Sh100 billion revenue on personnel emoluments, leaving little for developmen...
Used well, AI can help generate practice questions, provide feedback, and stimulate dialogue (if students are guided to critically engage with its out...
The measure is part of the interventions being planned to take criminal activities across institutions countrywide, amongst them the sale and distribu...
As the financial dispute remains unresolved, the strike has amplified existing challenges in public universities, including crumbling infrastructure a...
The unions are demanding payment of Sh7.9 billion in arrears from the 2017–2021 CBA, full settlement of the 2021–2025 CBA, and the immediate start of...
Out of the 961,144 candidates who sat the 2024 KCSE, only 246,165 can be traced in the university placement system.
MPs stressed the importance of complete documentation to ensure proper financial management and compliance with existing regulations.
Despite the suspension of the strike by the courts, UASU has vowed to continue industrial action until all its demands are met.
One striking example is a mysterious farmer controlling around 2,000 acres of Egerton University land for maize farming, with “the beneficial owner no...
UASU had issued a seven-day strike notice last week, accusing the government of failing to honour its commitments under the current CBA and demanding...
According to the University Statistics 2024/2025 Report by the Commission for University Education (CUE), a total of 14,879 international students are...
Despite efforts to hire more qualified staff, public institutions still face a shortage of PhD holders, an ageing pool of professors, and high depende...
The survival plans, anchored on numbers and increased government support, are designed to ensure universities continue to operate effectively despite...
The parties also agreed to promote 56 lecturers who had been interviewed in December last year and to review the statute governing the appointment of...
The Auditor General warned that the Sh3 billion in unexplained expenditures reflects systemic governance weaknesses, pointing to a broader culture of...
An audit covering the financial year ending June 30, 2024, has revealed that most institutions are operating far beyond legal salary limits, exposing...
HELB confirmed that first-time applicants now have until September 14 to apply. Continuing students, meanwhile, have until September 7, extended from...
First-year students who reported to campuses on Monday, August 18, 2025, expressed confusion after many were unsure how much to pay following the gove...
Auditor General Nancy Gathungu revealed that the continued operations of many of these universities were being sustained only through government suppo...
Students have until August 28, 2025, to apply via the KUCCPS student portal and secure a spot in their preferred courses.
Gathungu said the universities did not have legal evidence to confirm ownership of the assets reflected in their financial statements.
The audit covering 42 universities found that Sh10.96 billion of the debt is long-term, while Sh68.4 billion represents current liabilities.
Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Migos Ogamba said the move is aimed at ensuring that all eligible students receive financial support and that no on...
Universities have been instructed to update their admissions and finance portals to reflect the changes before the beginning of the next academic year...
The changes, made under the authority of various sections of the Universities Act, are intended to reinforce governance, policy oversight, and institu...
Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu’s report attributes the flaws to poor coordination between government agencies and a failure to integrate the funding m...
Appearing before the committee during an oversight visit to the agency’s headquarters in Nairobi, UF acting CEO Edwin Wanyonyi revealed that the agenc...
The application period will run from July 14 to August 24, 2025.
KUSU has called out vice-chancellors for allegedly misusing a human resource review started by the Public Service Commission, turning it into a way to...
