The Higher Education Principal Secretary Dr. Beatrice Inyangala has reiterated the government’s commitment to ensuring there is a workable university funding model to allow for smooth running of higher learning institutions in the country.
While speaking during the 21st graduation ceremony of Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) on Wednesday, Dr. Inyangala affirmed the government’s effort in ensuring that concerns raised by all stakeholders over the new University Funding Model are addressed and sorted in a collaborative manner.
“There have been concerns and we listened, we have heard you and that’s why His Excellency President William Ruto has established a national committee to look into these grievances and revise this model in order to meet students and parents at the point of need.” Inyangala stated.
She said the government’s intention for creating the funding model was to develop a framework that would ensure that there is adequate flow of resources in universities to offer quality education where students are also supported according to their level of need.
She said, through the university funding model, the government provides up to 95 percent and families meet only 5 percent of the cost of University programs.
“Therefore I encourage all those who have concerns to share with the established committee so that together collaboratively in a participatory manner we can develop a funding model and framework that serves everyone effectively.” She urged.
Dr. Inyangala said the government’s role is to provide resources to ensure that the Universities provide a conducive environment especially in research, for quality graduates to be nurtured.
“The government provides for infrastructure, teaching and learning materials plus equipment and this graduation here today at Masinde Muliro University is a witness to the fact that the government’s contribution is actually bearing fruit.” She stated.
The PS also called on the universities to diversify their funding streams saying that whatever is available from the exchequer cannot be enough for the quality of education that is desired.
She also lauded the lecturers for resuming duty after weeks of strike and said the government is committed to seeing that their concerns are acted upon.
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“We continue to pay our lecturers and we happily concluded a lecturers’ strike and thank our lecturers for their commitment coming back to class, recovering lost time and we know that we shall get the best out of them.” She said
As a government Inyangala asserted that they are committed to supporting University education saying it is only through the university that the country will continue to generate the manpower that is needed to drive the government’s development goals.
“It’s only through the research that comes out of these universities that we can dare to dream that we can achieve what is enshrined in the Vision 2030 and the bottom up economic transformation agenda .” She averred
By Calistus Imbayi
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