Ministry wants public universities to account for funds from self-sponsored academic programmes

By Standard Digital Reporter

Nairobi, Kenya: The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has asked administrators of Public Universities to account for the funds they have individually generated from the self-sponsored academic programmes they have been running.

The Vice Chancellors and Principals of Constituent Colleges of public Universities are required to provide information on the total amounts of money they have raised from the programmes for the last three years.

They have also been asked to provide information on how they have used the money to improve quality of teaching and research the institutions do within the same period.

This is contained in a circular, dated 24th March, 2014, and signed by the Cabinet Secretary for Education, Prof. Jacob Kaimenyi, to the management of public universities and constituent colleges.

The circular is copied the Principal Secretaries of the two State Departments in the Ministry, Chairmen of University Councils, and the Council of University Education, Acting Secretary of Education and the Chief Finance Officer of the Ministry of Education.

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Public Universities have for more than a decade now, been mounting parallel academic programmes to cater for self-sponsored students. The programmes generate colossal sums of money for the institutions.

The principle underlying the programmes was that it would provide alternative sources of funding to improve teaching and research over and above what they receive from the exchequer.