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  • Newspaper

    Education CS to shut down universities 'selling' degrees to politicians

    Kenya

    Press

    LEWIS NYAUNDI - The Star

    The Education CS wants universities selling degrees to politicians de-registered. He said the government is planning a major shake-up in higher education, including a crackdown on private universities, from next year. "I am happy now that councils have began to bite and strip people of their degrees. We would like to see more universities do that together with CUE and the Education ministry," he said on Monday during the AMFREF graduation ceremony. The crackdown will target institutions operating contrary to the statutory provisions guiding the higher education sector. Among those targeted are those operating on letters of interim authority beyond the statutory period.

  • Newspaper

    Female students ‘too scared’ to report sexual harassment

    Kenya

    Press

    Christabel Ligami - University World News

    When a third-year bachelor of arts student at the University of Nairobi, was unable to write her final examination due to illness, her lecturer agreed to let her retake the exam and told her to meet him in his office in the evening to discuss the details. Instead of receiving the information she needed, he informed her that there was no need for her to take the examination and forced her to have sex with him. A 2016 study on sexual harassment among university students at Kenya’s University of Eldoret found that more than 50% of students had encountered sexual harassment and there were no policies to address the issue.

  • Newspaper

    New qualifications framework to curb fake certificates

    Kenya

    Press

    Christabel Ligami - University World News

    A higher education qualifications framework aimed, inter alia, at curbing the proliferation of fake certificates will be in place at the start of January 2018. In terms of the new Kenya National Qualifications Framework, a national database of qualifications, publishing codes and guidelines will be maintained; an annual report on the status of qualifications will be produced; and interrelationships and linkages across national qualifications in consultation with stakeholders will be reviewed. The framework will also provide accurate graduate data to prospective employers.

  • Newspaper

    Plagiarism: The rising threat to academic integrity

    Kenya

    Press

    Wachira Kigotho - Standard Digital

    Last month a student at Mount Kenya University, lost a case in the High Court in which she was challenging her suspension from the university over exam cheating. The judge dismissed the suit after he found that the disciplinary process the university followed was a fair administrative action. The student had gone to court to seek redress, arguing that the yardstick used by the university’s disciplinary committee to arrive at its verdict was unfair, excessive and in violation of the Constitution and her right to a fair hearing. So far, cheating in examinations in universities is widespread not just in Kenya but in most parts of the world.

  • Newspaper

    Universities told to issue regular financial reports

    Kenya

    Press

    Gilbert Nganga - University World News

    Kenya’s universities have been ordered to publish regular financial performance reports as part of sweeping regulations which take effect this year, aimed at lifting the veil of secrecy that has shrouded institutions’ financial status and effectively put millions of dollars at risk. Currently, the publication of financial performance for public universities takes as many as four years, a situation that has seen most institutions drift into financial problems. In addition, none of the private universities in the country has ever made public their financials despite their handling millions of dollars in student funds annually.

  • Newspaper

    New guidelines set high publishing bar for academics

    Kenya

    Press

    Wachira Kigotho - University World News

    Kenya’s Commission for University Education has issued stringent new guidelines for the appointment and promotion of academic staff in a system that gives heavy emphasis to publication in reputable, peer-reviewed journals and discourages publication in so-called predatory journals. While the move is intended to raise academic standards, it has also raised concerns about the hurdles to publication facing many Kenyan academics.

  • Newspaper

    Education ministry raises alarm over fake staff hiring

    Kenya

    Press

    Ouma Wanzala - Daily Nation

    The Ministry of Education has said it is not conducting any recruitment of staff and cautioned Kenyans against being conned. In a statement, the Ministry said: “ We hereby make the clarification as a man impersonating the Head of ICT in the Ministry of Education is collecting money from unsuspecting people as a condition for employment as Data Entry Clerks in the Ministry.” The statement identified a fictional ICT staff member, whom it said designates himself as head of ICT department and asks for Sh2, 000 for purchase of a uniform.

  • Newspaper

    Education CS hits out users of fake degrees

    Kenya

    Press

    Faith Nyamai - Daily Nation

    The Education Cabinet Secretary has vowed to ensure that people using fake university degree papers are unearthed. Addressing principals at All Saints Cathedral Anglican in Nairobi, the education CS lashed out at those who want to assume leadership roles by irregularly acquiring academic qualifications, saying the ministry will rein in on academic miscreants in an effort to promote integrity. He urged the principals to be at the forefront in instilling virtues and challenged them to take responsibility for failures in their institutions.

  • CIES panel: how can open data be used to improve transparency and fight against corruption in education?

    News

    In recent years, countries as different as Kenya, Mexico and the Philippines have witnessed increased activity in access to information initiatives and calls for more transparent and accountable governments. The development of technology centers, along with social movements demanding the right to information, have indeed encouraged an array of activities responding to calls for access to information.

  • Newspaper

    Fresh shocking details of rot in universities

    Kenya

    Press

    Augustine Oduor - The Standard

    According to a confidential report, Kenya’s universities are facing serious management challenges resulting in admission flaws, inadequate staffing, and low standards of examination administration, supervision and research. The report also shows that some institutions cut corners to increase admissions in order to seal budgetary gaps, allow students to graduate within months, or admit students to unaccredited programmes from which they are then allowed to graduate. After returning their reports with factual corrections done, the institutions in question will have 30 days to issue corrective roadmap.

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