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 capabilities. "The issues raised indicated that some of the variables used did not accurately reflect the students' financial capacity.
Therefore, we have been refining that particular committee's work, which includes assessing the cost of programs," Migosi said on Friday at the Nyeri Polytechnic graduation ceremony. University students accessing HELB services.
The Standard The new funding model for universities moved away from the old block funding approach, instead opting to distribute government scholarships and loans based on a student's financial situation and academic achievements. Under this new system, students are identified in one of four categories: vulnerable, extremely needy, needy, or less needy.
