Egerton University is set to sack lecturers and scrap five degree courses in efforts to remain financially afloat, Vice-Chancellor Isaac Kibwage has said. The targeted lecturers are those in departments where the degree programmes will be scrapped. “We have so far identified five degree programs which...

It is the latest chapter in the accreditation fiasco that started with the board's refusal to accredit engineering graduates from Egerton's 2019 class citing gaps in their curriculum content. They pursued Bachelor of Science in Water and Environmental Engineering (WEEN).

The situation has been driven by reforms in the education sector which have since 2016 seen a major drop in students enrolling for the "parallel" self-sponsored degree programmes leaving public and private universities without a lucrative revenue stream.

Students from five Kenyan Universities have an opportunity to win Ksh 5 million at a global annual competition.

Egerton join's world's elite as Kenyan universities ratings drop

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