Following public outcry, Geoffrey Monari, the CEO of the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB), has justified the need for the ...

The new Higher Education Funding Model was unveiled by President William Ruto in 2023 and aimed at addressing recurrent ...

Auditor General Nancy Gathungu has exposed the ineffectiveness of the new university funding, highlighting various flaws in the model.The Higher Education Loans Board’s model emphasises allocating ...

The model uses a Means Testing Instrument (MTI) to assess the financial needs of students who are then categorised in five ...

The newly-mandated revision of public universities fees will yield a 15-40 per cent reduction in fees payable across different programmes, the Ministry of Education has said.

HELB will begin releasing loans to first-year students on August 15 as the government increases education funding and ...

The government has directed all public universities to revise fees for academic programmes downward, effective September 1.

Treasury CS John Mbadi has proposed job cuts and the closure of satellite campuses in public universities as part of a drastic plan to address a severe cash crunch.

The government has announced a major boost in student scholarships and HELB loans, targeting learners joining universities and TVET institutions under the New Higher Education Funding Model. The ...

The problem is not just one of visibility, but of conceptual mismatch. Much of Africa’s innovation is incremental, ...

Small settlements and the scourge of slavery left gaps in Africa’s archaeological record. Yet sites and artifacts are ...

Welcome to today’s Africa Liveblog, where we’re tracking key developments across the continent. From strategic shifts in ...