Education stakeholders are now calling on the government to release an interim funding stream for first-year university students who reported in September, as uncertainty deepens over their financing. This follows confusion triggered by the President's declaration on university funding, even as Parliament is yet to pass the Tertiary Education Placement and Funding Bill, which seeks to overhaul how students are placed and funded. Elimu Bora Working Group is further warning that thousands of first-years are currently stranded in universities without HELB, without scholarships, and without clarity on who will pay for their tuition.
