Private universities to get state sponsorship.

[RV Pundit]

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This is long overdue. GoK should work on making university education nearly free like primary & secondary education now. There is no better investment a young country like ours can make than investing on the future.

http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/State-to-sponsor-10-000-students-in-private-varsities/-/539546/3209350/-/lge6kk/-/index.html

[Kadudu]

Why not invest the money in the already underfunded state universities? Many state universites are in a terrible state.

[RV Pundit]

It shouldn't matter if it public or private as long as they are kenya students. Private university are also in terrible state and need injection of money. The idea is for all universities to compete for students and gov to send money using capitation model that is working in primary, secondary and in health insurance. You want to get out of terrible state...get more students...who will be funded by gok.

Why not invest the money in the already underfunded state universities? Many state universites are in a terrible state.

[Kadudu]

Private universities are private entities. Their aim to not to educate but to make money. Why give private entities money on a silver platter?

It shouldn't matter if it public or private as long as they are kenya students. Private university are also in terrible state and need injection of money. The idea is for all universities to compete for students and gov to send money using capitation model that is working in primary, secondary and in health insurance. You want to get out of terrible state...get more students...who will be funded by gok.

[RV Pundit]

You can choose to see profit or you can choose to see private initiatives helping gov achieve it's education goals.

Gov is paying for a service year. It been calculated that to train a student, the university spend say 120k per annum per student. private universities are regulated by Gok and majority are owned by churches.

In any case the more profit they make; the more money KRA get from tax deductions; the more employment they create.

Bottomline; stop having a tunnel vision. This is win-win arrangement for gov that cannot build enough universities. This will spur growth in private universities to fill the gaps that exist in university education here.
 

Private universities are private entities. Their aim to not to educate but to make money. Why give private entities money on a silver platter?

[Kim Jong-Un's Pajama Pants]

I am against state funding of certain degrees, private or public.  I am talking philosophy, religious studies, anthropology etc.  Many of them subjects which I happen to love personally.

State funding should be targeted rather than blanket.

[RV Pundit]

Would make sense if you have sort out access first.The quality and type of graduate I think come later when people are able to first get there....and then you work on getting them to do more science/technology/business course...compared says to arts.

So priority for now...is access...make education affordable to many...who are languishing in villages because few can afford to pay 120-200k in a country where per capita is about that.

Get them first inside the university and then work on getting them into faculties that align with country immediate visions.

I am against state funding of certain degrees, private or public.  I am talking philosophy, religious studies, anthropology etc.  Many of them subjects which I happen to love personally.

State funding should be targeted rather than blanket.