By Sandra Blessings
Parents and students have a reason to smile after the government listened and responded to their cry over high university fees that had faced many to defer or drop out all together.
In a circular from the principal secretary, Ministry of Education, State department of higher Education to all vice chancellors of public universities and all principals of constituents colleges captioned “Revised fees for university programs.”
It reads ” Following extensive consultations with the public , students and the Higher Education stakeholders, the government of Kenya is pleased to announce a landmark rationalisation of public universities fees based on the students funding model.
In direct response to concerns raised by the students and their families, the government has lowered the fees payable by students across all academic programs.
This bold step reaffirms our commitment to ensuring affordable, accessible, and quality university education, while maintaining financial stability of our institutions.
Public universities are hereby directed to adopt the new fees schedule effective 1st September, 2025 for the first year as well as continuing students.
All public universities are further directed to update their admissions and finance portals to reflect to reflect the revised fees of the academic programs.
The public universities are notified that the entire cost of the programs will be met through a combination of tuition fees, scholarships and loans based on the needs of individual students.
The government remains steadfast in its vision to transform higher education as a cornerstone of national development.
We count on your cooperation to implement these financing reforms, effectively , equitably and in the best interest of Kenyan students and families.” signed by Dr Beatrice Mugambi.
The government came up with various funding clusters for the academic programs.
