Fresh shocking details of rot in universities

Shocking details of the extent of rot in Kenya’s higher education were revealed recently after finer details of the universities quality audit report that were not made public for fear of denting the image of local universities emerged, writes Augustine Oduor for the Standard.

A look at the confidential report reveals that universities are facing serious management challenges that have given room to admission flaws, inadequate staffing, poor examination administration and supervision and research. It has emerged that some universities do not even have proper examination administration and supervision frameworks. Some do not even meet the minimum teaching hours, with lecturers carrying lighter workloads.

Professor Ben Sihanya, a constitutional scholar at the University of Nairobi, said problems facing the sector must be fixed urgently. “As we speak, to gain admission to a university in the UK you must sit a pre-university course for one year either locally or there. And if this rot persists it will be difficult for Kenyan papers to be accepted,” he said.
Full report on the Standard Digital site