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STATUS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN KENYA
PRESENTATION TO VLIR-OUS STRATEGY IDENTIFICATION
PROCESS: KENYA SEMINAR
KENYA EMBASSY – BRUSSELS
11 SEPTMEBR 2014
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Total area : 582,646 Sq km
Comparison to the world : N0.49
Land surface area: 569 ,140sq Km
Water: 13,506sq km
borders Uganda, Tanzania, Somalia, Ethiopia
and South Sudan
Population: 43,013,341
African rank 7
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Its a sovereign Democratic state.
With a multi-party political system.
The President ,the Deputy-President and the
cabinet secretaries comprise the executive.
The current President H.E Hon. Uhuru
Kenyatta.
The Deputy President is Hon. William Samoei
Ruto
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Parameter
EAC Countries
Kenya
Surface Area (Inc.
water)
1.8 million sq. km
582,646 sq km
Population
145 million (2012)
43 Million
Official language
English, Kiswahili, and French
(Rwanda & Burundi)
English & Kiswahili
Total GDP
USD 97.6 billion (2012)
USD 45.3 Billion
Av. GDP per capita
USD 588 (2012)
USD 985
Av. Annual GDP
growth
5.78% (2012)
USD 4.4 %
Intra EAC trade
volume
USD 3.8 billion
USD 19.1%
Total exports
volume
USD 11 billion
USD 6.58 Billion (2012)
Total imports
volume
USD 26 billion
USD 15.86 Billion
Total investment
flow
1.7 billion
USD 259 Million
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Top 10
Exports
Destination
Top 10
Origin of
Imports
Ksh (Million)
Percent of
Kshs (Million)
Total Exports
Percent of
Total Imports
Uganda
67,450
13.0
India
195,230
14.0
Tanzania
46,036
8.9
China
167,206
12.2
UK
40,630
7.8
UAE
149,879
10.9
Netherlands
31,056
6.0
Saudi Arabia
66,841
4.9
UAE
28,608
5.5
USA
65,966
4.8
USA
26,405
5.1
Japan
63,135
4.6
Pakistan
23,889
4.6
South Africa
61,954
4.5
Egypt
21,464
4.1
Indonesia
55,241
4.0
Rwanda
16,151
3.1
UK
43,849
3.2
Germanys
9,771
1.9
Germany
41,474
3.0
517,847
60.1
1,374,584
66.3
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YEAR
Exports KSH
Imports KSH
2008
2,818,351,949
8,285,425,777
2009
3,389,715,327
7,043,971,037
2010
4,158,842,733
7,642,354,882
2011
4,569,310,020
10,715,674,322
2012
5,266,523,209
10,907,242,977
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year
Exports million Euros
Imports Mil Euros
2009
1,082
1,380
2010
1,112
1,652
2011
1,277
1,692
2012
1,234
1,864
2013
1,140
1,850
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Africa has
Visionary Leaders
Vision
Strategy
Plan
Land
Human Resource
Tourism
Agriculture
Minerals
Why Kenya?
Regional
Positioning
Why KENYA
 Gateway to Eastern, Central and Southern Africa
 Third Largest economy in Africa
 Well developed human resources
– Kenya ranked 29th globally in Human Resource
Development
– 12th in labour flexibility/productivity
– Top spender in Research and Development(45% in GDP
 Strong entrepreneurial culture
 Relatively well developed infrastructure
REVIEW OF UNIVERSITY
EDUCATION SECTOR IN
KENYA
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1970: First Kenyan university
Total enrollment in public universities has
increased from 3,443 students in 1970 to
159,752 students in 2009/2010.
Transition rate from secondary level to
university still remains low.
22 public and 9 constituent university
colleges.
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University Education in Kenya is governed by
 Constitution of Kenya 2010
 Universities Act No. 42 of 2012 and other related Acts of
Parliament
 Adult Education Act, Higher Education Loans Board Act of
1995
 State Corporations Act of 2010
 Public Private Partnership Act of 2013. Guidance is provided
through the Sessional Paper No. 14, 2012, Kenya Vision
2030, Second Medium Term Plan 2013-2017, National
Strategy for University Education (2008-2015), Public
Universities Inspection Report of 2006 (PUIB),Report of the
Taskforce on Re-alignment of the Education Sector to the
constitution of Kenya 2010, and the Jubilee Manifesto.
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The Instrumental role – assumes universities
have a concentration of expertise that should be
applied to pressing social problems.
Engine development notion – focuses on
strengthening knowledge and innovation as
crucial productive forces without which no
country can participate in the global knowledge
economy.
Self governing notion – the university contributes
to development indirectly, by among other
things, producing high level skills and
knowledge.
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Increase in Gross Enrollments Rates:
Attain Equity in University Education
Enrollment that reflects National Diversity.
Removal of inadequate household income as
a barrier to university education by 2022
To improve quality and relevance of learning
and research for National development.
Attraction and retention of high calibre
human resource.
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University education is expensive and requires
huge investments by all partners.
Public universities have to reduce their
dependence on the Government by diversifying
their sources of income.
The Government has adopted a mix of the
following strategies:
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Introducing or increasing fees or user charges
Establishing lean and efficient management systems
Designing or improving systems of student support
Seeking new sources of private funding
Promoting the growth of private institutions
UNIVERSITY
EDUCATION
FUNDING
Tuition
and Fees
Government
Budgetary
Support
Government
Funds for
Capital
Development
Funding from
the Private
Sector
Research Grants,
Consultancies
and other IGAs
Research
Grants
Consultancies
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This policy advocates that universities engage
in other income generating activities to boost
their revenue base, so long as participation in
those activities doe not pull resources or
detract the universities from their core
business.
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The current funding structure for government –
sponsored students in public universities is not
based on the unit cost for undergraduate
programmes but allocated uniformly per student
enrolled irrespective of the course a student is
pursuing.
This policy advocates that public universities
adopt differentiated unit costs (DUC) based on
their individual programmes.
The introduction of the DUC will eliminate the
distinction between the Government-sponsored
and self-sponsored students in public
universities.
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Undergraduate government scholarships currently
administered through the Joint Admission Board
(JAB) are restricted to public institutions
based primarily on the student’s performance.
In order to finance all students who have received
admission to University, the Government
scholarships will be progressively reduced and by
2022, only Government loans and bursaries will be
available to students.
This policy also advocates for an increase in the
number of post-graduate scholarships available
from Government and from the private sector.
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Admissions for self-sponsored
undergraduate, as well as all post-graduate at
both public and private universities are
currently handled directly and solely by the
individual institutions.
Challenges faced by the current admissions system
include:
Government scholarships are only available in
public institutions.
Students often slotted into programmes that they
did not opt for.
Continued support for programmes which are
neither popular nor required in the market.
To increase access, choice and to promote the
entire university sector, this policy advocates
for the extension of Government scholarships
for students to attend the University of their
choice, public or private.
Based on their performance, students would be
able to take up a Government scholarship at
their university of choice.
The Government will establish a national, centrally
coordinated student admission process to ensure
that quality students are admitted into universities
and colleges.
The universities may also individually recruit
additional students into programmes that may not
have been filled through the centralized
admissions.
This policy advocates for a coordinated career
guidance programme, and dissemination of
adequate information to students and schools,
to promote informed programme and career
choice especially as relates to employability,
job-creation an student ability.
The Chancellor
University
Councils
The Vice
Chancellor
To better meet objectives, this policy advocates
that universities be categorized as:
 Comprehensive Universities – research and
teaching
 Research Universities – predominantly research
institutions
 Teaching Universities – predominantly teaching
universities
 Public Universities – wholly owned by the
Government
 Private Universities established as either profit or
non-profit institutions.
This policy advocates the strengthening and
expansion of the CHE, the creation of a body to
be responsible for direct funding of universities,
as well as the formalization of and provision of an
increased mandate for JAB.
To meet the objectives set out in this policy,
three semi-autonomous government agencies for
the efficient and effective running of the
university education sector are proposed: The
Commission for University Education (CUE), the
Universities Funding Board (UFB) and the Kenya
Universities and College and Admission Service
(KUCAS)
CUE will take on the expanded and strengthened
role of the CHE, as the regulatory authority for
university education. The mandates of the
commission will include:
Institutional establishment and award of charters
Collecting, analyzing and disseminating
university education data
Approve the process of design and development
of new programmes
Approve accreditation bodies
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Formulation of mechanisms to determine the
financial needs of each public institution.
Make available conditional capital
development grants and loans to private
universities
Establish maximum programme differentiated
unit costs.
Establish minimum discipline differentiated
remunerations
To mobilize additional financial resources to
achieve its mandate
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Coordination of admission of current
undergraduate KCSE cohort to public and
private universities based on performance and
choice.
Provide a unified comprehensive portal
providing programme information available at
all universities.
Provide coordinated career guidance
programme and dissemination of adequate
information to students and schools.
The university education sub-sector human
resource challenges have been synthesized
around the following key pillars:
Ability to attract and retain qualified staff
Training and retention of adequate Phd holders
Ensuring that universities portray a national
outlook, especially at top management level.
 Challenges
Facing University
Education In Kenya
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Access
Equity
Quality
Relevance
Financing
Gender and regional disparities
Faculty quality and inadequate human
resource.
Lack of capacity to cater for the growing
demand
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Significantly increase access, while ensuring equity
Provide incentives and an enabling environment for
the private sector
Ensure relevance of education to the needs of the job
market, national priorities and job creation.
Develop creative financing mechanisms to ensure
sustainability and controlled expansion of the sub –
sector.
Develop incentives to ensure attraction and retention
of quality human resource.
Promote high standards of ethical and moral behavior
among students
Develop a spirit of community service among
students
Markedly enhance the global competitiveness of
Kenya in key strategic areas.
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Administrative information
Ministry of Education, Science & Technology
Contacts established so far
Role of Kenya Embassy
EAC Policy framework for University
education
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