You may be studying useless degree course, confirm with CUE

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A total of 10,000 students and graduates are wasting their time and resources studying useless degree courses.

The Commission for University Education (CUE) has rejected 133 courses with a cumulative enrolment capacity of 10,000 slots.

CUE is supposed to approve all the academic programmes taught in local universities.

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Of concern is that there are students already studying these programmes who might now be forced to discontinue their studies due to mistakes that are not of their own making.

For those who might have finished studying these “useless” programmes, it means their academic papers won’t be recognised by prospective employers and therefore end up jobless.

Vice Chancellors (VC) who reacted to this shocker accused CUE of being insensitive as most of the programmes are already being taught. They protested that the drastic action will set students against the universities.

“These programmes have students studying in higher classes. Why is CUE trying to set up universities against students? This is unacceptable. There are better ways of engaging universities,” said a VC whose programmes have been affected.

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CUE Chief Executive Officer Mwenda Ntarangwi sought to address the panic that has gripped the institutions, saying the commission is still engaging the universities whose programmes were rejected.

“This is still an ongoing process and we are in consultation with universities,” said Prof Ntarangwi.

The shock findings emerged after the CUE audited universities last year in readiness for the 2019 placement.

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The audit also exposed how universities, in their haste to mint cash from huge enrolment, misrepresented their capacity, both in resources and teaching staff.

It is emerging that CUE has slashed nearly 30,000 slots from the universities.

The report shows that all the public and private universities declared available capacity of 163,925 for the various courses but after a rigorous assessment on their capacities, only 134,075 were approved.

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MPs have called an urgent meeting this Friday to discuss the status of higher education, including the challenges of unaccredited programmes.

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