No tuition fees for new public university students until categorisation, says Vice-Chancellors' Committee

From left: Kisii University Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Evans Baswet, Machakos University Academic Research & Student Affairs, Prof. Joyce Agalo; Embu University Vice-Chancellor; and Vice-Chancellors Committee Chairperson, Prof. Daniel Mugendi, Kirinyaga University Vice-Chancellor, Mary Ndung'u and Kenyatta University Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Paul Wainaina, during a press conference in Nairobi on Friday, September 8, 2023. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

The Vice-Chancellors' Committee of Public Universities has clarified that the new first-year students admitted under the new funding model are not required to pay any tuition fees until the Higher Education Fund categorises them.