The former Chief Justice David Maraga has called out the government for introducing a new university funding model.
In a statement, Maraga warned that the new model will have no benefit to the people and will instead continue crippling the already struggling education sector.
According to Maraga, the government should reconsider the new university funding model and introduce a new one that is well thought through.
Maraga warns that the new university funding model will prompt students to drop out. Photo: Courtesy.
“What is happening is very interesting, because why did they change it in the first place? Because if you want to introduce a new model, you need to think it out clearly and make sure that the system you are introducing will work for the people. This isn’t how things are done. Remember some of the young people who have missed class in their classes; they are going to lose several years, and some of them are even going to drop out,” Maraga noted.
Maraga’s remarks comes days after the Ministry of Education announced the reduction of school fees for all public university programmes under the student-centred funding model.
The new Higher Education Funding Model was unveiled by President Ruto in 2023 and aimed at addressing recurrent challenges encountered by public universities and Technical and Vocational Education (TVET) institutions due to massive enrolment and inadequate funding.
The new model, which replaced Differentiated Unit Cost (DUC), channels funding directly to students, based on individual financial need determined by a Means Testing Instrument (MTI), incorporating household income, geography, dependency ratios, disabilities, and course choice.
