Azimio has demanded that Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) gives 2022 KCSE candidates another chance to apply to join universities and colleges.
Leader of the Minority Party in the National Assembly Opiyo Wandayi said KUCCPS should open the third review of courses to give a chance to the more than 600, 000 who missed out on the opportunity.
“The cost of application that was placed at Sh1,500 per application for a young person to be placed in a college coupled with lack of information about the process is now threatening the future of over half a million young people,” he said.
In a statement, Wandayi added that Kenyans have further noted with shock and dismay the hefty fees and bloated fee structures in Kenyan public universities.
The government has admitted that out of the 881,416 learners who sat KCSE exams in 2022, some 600,000 did not apply to join universities or colleges.
"The new classification of citizens has cunningly placed very few (29 per cent) in the category of vulnerable and very needy who will qualify for 100 per cent support in scholarships and loans leaves the majority to struggle with huge student loans and parental burden," Wandayi said.
He said the purported new funding model has fraudulently shifted the burden of funding college studies from the government and placed it squarely on the shoulders of parents and learners through expensive loans.
“It is official that those who do not fall under vulnerable and needy categories will meet up to 62 per cent of the cost of their studies as government conveniently carries 28 per cent of the cost,” he said.
He added that under the previous model, the government was expected to meet 80 per cent of the college fees while parents were to meet 20 per cent.
