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The value of public universities in Kenya.




WHAT IS THE VALUE OF THE KENYAN DEGREE?

 
With the   many universities in Kenya,  almost each county having  one. Colleges   have been awarded charters and allover sudden graduated to Universities. Most universities lack proper equipment and facilities to train students to be innovative, big   Engineering   labs with nothing.  Brilliant students in public universities hustle on their own to fit in the job market. Often nothing valuable added in their schooling. Imagine school of medicine or Engineering using the same old curriculum that was lastly reviewed two decades ago.
Yet there so many illnesses   erupting  daily, technologies evolving hourly. 

Public universities now run 24/7   without a break, the same old facilities, same few lecturers  who always  on strike due to delayed salaries ,same hostels, the same library with the very old books, that forced  students  to Google copy pasting  their  assignment, poor  old infrastructure  in proportional   to the  ever  doubling  number of students.  Was it just a mere upgrade or a name transition?
Most campuses in Kenya are being   padlocked, not meeting the qualities of a higher institution of learning, the likes of Kissi University and branches of big campuses like Moi. This is not only risky but hazardous to the social, economic and political development of the nation.
Imagine a half-baked doctor? Who is supposed to be treating patients, ending up killing the same patients due to the same knowledge? Taking an instance of biomedical Engineering that deals with handling complex medical equipment, the ones killing cancer cells, need high practical skills in handling as they can lead to cancer if certain thresholds are reached.

Only Diploma courses were offered in Kenya due to the high cost of the machines. Egerton   and Kenyatta University have now introduced a degree on the course, though they   lack appropriate facilities and expertise to handle and offer this course.  Yet students will graduate with a degree in Biomedical engineering.  There  is  every  reason to question the value of the Kenyan  degree.
Students in public universities hustle on their own to fit in the job market. They rely on their smart instincts for survival to compete with the world. Unlike students in private campuses with well infrastructure in place, they always have the jobs at  their fingertips.
Kenyan campuses   should strive to put proper infrastructure   in place to equip students with practical skills; ending   corruption will spearhead development encouraging innovation. Embezzlement of funds leading to incomplete projects is the cause of every failure in higher institutions of learning in Kenya.

Despite   the poor leadership and high corruption levels  some public universities are  lucky enough to transform within short periods when they get the right bosses. A good example is Kenyatta University which in the last decades was nowhere to be seen, but of late even the gate itself is trending.


 

Comments

  1. UnknownTuesday, 23 February, 2016

    University education in Kenya has become rogue. the stakeholders should move with speed to revive this system.

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  2. UnknownSaturday, 05 March, 2016

    corruption of management teams are behind the failure of education in kenya, due to this you find workers striking due to lack of salary payment,student rioting because they are not taught and many other impacts of corruption.

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