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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...
Education CS Julius Ogamba disclosed that out of the 244,563 candidates who qualified for degree programmes, 201,695 applied for placement to various...
Despite a nationwide shortage of 98,461 teachers in public schools, over 300,000 registered teachers remain jobless in Kenya.
The Kenya Association of Private Universities raised concerns over the sustainability of their institutions, citing the accumulation of unpaid governm...
Among the most heavily indebted institutions are Kenyatta University, which owes Sh12.38 billion; the University of Nairobi, with Sh12.22 billion; and...
Approximately 1.2 million learners are expected to transition from junior to senior school at the start of 2026.
MPs questioned KUCCPS about the rationale for allocating taxpayer money to private universities without a clear policy framework.
The opportunity is also open to students who either missed the initial application or were unsuccessful in their first attempt, allowing them to submi...
KUSU Secretary-General Charles Mukhwaya said the funding cuts have steadily worsened over time, leaving universities struggling to operate effectively...
The report lists Kenyatta University, the University of Nairobi, and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology as having the highest debt...
The union argues that the layoffs violate the agreed terms between the union and the university management, accusing the institution of bypassing prop...
