Kenya: Govt Makes Major Changes to New University Funding Model as KUCCPS Opens Portal

Students joining universities and colleges in May and September will be the first to benefit from the government’s changes to the contentious new university funding model. 

The government has been tinkering with the scheme and will be introducing new variables to cluster students into categories that match their current financial situation.

According to Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba, the variables have been adjusted to yield outcomes that closely match each student’s unique…