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Kenya plans to overhaul tertiary funding, prioritising students’ career choices and programme costs while reducing the influence of parents’ financial status.
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Kenya plans to overhaul tertiary funding, prioritising students’ career choices and programme costs while reducing the influence of parents’ financial status.
Turkana is reshaping vocational training to equip more than 2,400 youths with practical skills linked directly to local industries and emerging economic opportunities.
Bungoma National Polytechnic will graduate tourism and hospitality workers under RPL, formally certifying workplace skills and opening pathways for career advancement.
A KSh5.2 billion TVET scholarship shortfall left four in five targeted trainees without support, deepening concerns over rising enrolment and student dropouts.
The Ministry of Education has transferred several TVET principals as it tackles leadership challenges, declining enrolment and pressure to improve technical training.
HELB has rejected claims of 12% student loan interest and Ksh4.2 million debts, insisting current undergraduate loans remain at 4%.
HELB has opened applications for the 2026/27 Jielimishe Loan, offering salaried learners up to Ksh600,000 for higher education studies.
PSC plans to expand government internships to TVET and diploma graduates through a policy review targeting broader youth employment opportunities.
Kenya plans to merge HELB, Universities Fund and TVET Fund into TEFA, creating a single agency to finance tertiary education nationwide.
The High Court allowed KIM to continue operating after dismissing TVETA's objection, offering temporary relief to students as the accreditation dispute continues.
Students should promptly confirm their placements, download admission details, and apply for scholarships and HELB funding before announced deadlines.
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