KUCCPS TO CONTINUE FUNDING UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
Written by Obwoge Joseph on May 22, 2023
By Whitney Akunga
Graduation cap with a book. PHOTO: COURTESY
All students who qualified for university placement through Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) will be eligible for funding however with a restriction.
The level of funding for each student will depend on the monthly household income. Each student will individually apply for the scholarship and loans, soon after receiving admission letters.
Those seeking financial aid from the government have been classified into four categories, the vulnerable, extremely needy, needy and less needy.
“The president said that 40,000 students from the university will not play a cent 42,000 from TVET will also not pay a cent. We want to be able to follow some of these people and actually see the actual impact of this,” said KUCCPS CEO Mercy Wahome.
This new funding model also seeks to ensure accountability and transparency in the application and funding of higher education that shall consider amongst other things, the applicant’s family socio-economic background, affirmative action which will consider people living with disability, orphans, as well as gender considerations, the applicants household composition and size.
Between July and August, those placed will apply for government funding before the funds disbursement in September and the beginning of the first year of study.
