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153,292 students risk missing university admission over Helb budget cuts

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By Josphat Thiong'o | Jul 18, 2024

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**Students at HELB offices, Anniversary Towers, Nairobi.** [File, Standard]

More than 153,292 students set to join university beginning September 2024 risk missing out on admission following budget cuts and under-funding of the Higher Education Loans Boards (Helb) and the Universities Fund by the Treasury.

The students who had already been placed to respective universities through the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) are now staring at a crisis after the Helb allocation for the 2024/2025 financial year was slashed by Sh710 million while the Universities Fund was reduced by Sh2.6 billion.

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