On Sunday, Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka vowed to spearhead a national campaign against the recently implemented university funding model, denouncing it as overly complex and exclusionary towards lower-income families.....CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE>>>
Addressing a crowd in Githurai, Kalonzo criticised the government’s lack of engagement with the public and educational stakeholders before rolling out the new system.
“The current administration has plunged education into crisis,” Musyoka declared. “We give notice to the government, which appears clueless about managing this essential sector, that we will mobilize the country to oppose this unjust model. If the plan is to make university education a privilege only for the affluent, then the marginalized will rise to reclaim their rightful access.”
Musyoka explained the widespread disapproval of the funding scheme among Kenyans, emphasising that the lack of prior consultation or pilot testing has left many unprepared and disadvantaged. “Education is in a crisis, and it is both impracticable and unfair. Even university administrations admit they were left out of the conversation,” he added.
The Wiper party leader’s strong opposition to the new university funding model resonates with concerns raised across various sectors regarding the transparency and inclusivity of the new system.
“How many are ready to stand against this? The poor will rise and claim their position,” Musyoka rallied the crowd.
Notably, President Ruto hosted students for a town hall meeting to explain the new funding model but was met with glaring resistance.
A section of the students could not understand the formula behind the banding of students according to the income of their parents.
“The new student-centred funding model has 5 bands. The banding did not start with this model. We started the banding in 1996. There has always been banding. I know there is a push that maybe this banding started with this model, it did not, it has always been there. All we did, instead of having 4 bands we made it 5,” Ruto explained.
Student and their leaders fielded uncomfortable questions, seeking to understand the formula moving forward…CONTINUE READING>>
