The Commission for Higher Education has scrapped a number of “useless” university programs, noting that the universities that offer them lack the capacity to do so.
Of the 133 unaccredited courses, Tom Mboya University College has the lion’s share with 25.
Garissa University and Alupe University have 10 unapproved programmes each while Great Lakes University of Kisumu has eight.
Seven courses were rejected at Kenya Highlands Evangelical University while University of Embu, Lukenya University and Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology had six rejected courses each.
Kenyatta University
CUE rejected four of Kenyatta University courses and a similar number at Karatina University. Three courses were rejected at Moi University.
No Admission
The regulator also resolved not to admit students to five courses at Turkana University College, two at Kabarak University and a similar number at Kenya Methodist University.
All the three programmes at Mama Ngina University with a total capacity of 90 were rejected by CUE. According to the report, the institution is not an accredited university college.
These have emerged in the wake of Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service opened its portals to students.
At Africa International University that declared a total of 10 programmes, CUE only seven of them made the cut.
Qualified students
In the 2018 KCSE, a total of 651,189 candidates qualified for placement to tertiary institutions at various levels under government sponsorship.
Of these, 90,744 attained a mean grade of C+ and above, meaning they all qualified to join local universities.
Why the courses were rejected
Sources at the commission intimated that most of the programmes rejected were not approved by CUE.
A significant number of other programs were also found to be duplicated while in some instances, the institutions lacked capacity to impart knowledge in the programmes.
Only last week, Education Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed hinted at cleaning up the University programs
“The Commission for University Education is reviewing the depth and substance of university programmes to eliminate unit duplication and shallow course content,” Amina said.