The Government has, in the last two years, doubled funding to local universities to the tune of over Sh82 billion budgeted through the new funding model known as the Differentiated Unit Cost (DUC), Education Cabinet Secretary (CS) Julius Migos Ogamba has said.
Ogamba said the new funding model, which prioritises a student-centred funding mechanism, was meant to ensure that no needy student misses out on higher education.
He said the model has seen additional funding flow to these institutions of higher learning with a view to easing access to education for an increased number of students who have been enrolled in local public and private tertiary institutions.
Though the implementation of the new funding model has been suspended to allow for a pending court of appeal case, the Government is banking on a positive resolution by the courts to address the teething issues facing the education sector, including mounting debts.
