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State now disowns fees increase in universities

THE STANDARD EDUCATION University of Nairobi Vice-Chancellor Prof Kiama Gitahi briefing journalists on the Institutional Reforms at the UON on July 9, 2021.[Jonah Onyango,Standard] The push by universities to increase fees has hit a dead end after the government disowned any such plans. University Education Principal Secretary Simon Nabukwesi said a meeting held between higher education stakeholders agreed that any fees increment be shelved until after 2022. When asked about the increments already effected by some universities, Nabukwesi said: “This is a lie because no one has sanctioned such a move to increase fees across board. Whatever is happening at the University of Nairobi is internal.”

Teachers face mass transfers under new CBA

THE STANDARD EDUCATION The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Secretary General Collins Oyuu (L) chats with KUPPET Secretary General Akello Misori during signing of the 2021 - 2025 Collective Bargaining Agreement with teachers unions and TSC. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard] A nationwide mass transfer of teachers looms after unions secured a deal to reunite families that had been separated by delocalisation. The Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) signed between unions and the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) will reverse some of the transfers that separated families. “In promoting family values, the commission agreed to consider requests for transfer of couples who are teachers, subject to availability of vacancies among other requirements,” reads the CBA in part.

VCs reject team picked to probe financial crisis in universities

THE STANDARD EDUCATION Graduands following the proceedings during Kenya Methodist University s 19th graduation ceremony in Meru on October 12, 2019. [Olivia Murithi, Standard] Vice-chancellors have questioned a move by the Ministry of Education to set up a team to investigate financial challenges facing their institutions, terming it a waste of time. The VCs argue that the problems facing institutions of higher learning have over the years been adequately deliberated by stakeholders, documented and suggestions made on way forward. The VCs say their last meeting in Mombasa, which was attended by officials from the National Treasury and Ministry of Education, and MPs drew solid action plans, complete with timelines for implementation.

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