Over a thousand students, accompanied by their parents, have benefited immensely from the Uriri annual sensitization on the higher education funding model.
Officials from the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB), the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS), and the University Fund Board led the training to ensure all students understood the new university funding model and how to apply for the funds before joining a university usually in September.
Member of Parliament for Uriri Constituency, Mark Nyamita, while speaking during the sensitisation forum at Uriri Boys High School, said that the training will ensure students are taken step by step in understanding the new model.
Nyamita explained that through this interaction and other early interventions, guardians, students, and education stakeholders will be exposed to the new funding model, open opportunities on scholarships, loans and inter-university transfers to improve the education system.
