Enrolment has fallen to a seven-year low despite high number of students qualifying. President Ruto had presented the new model as the solution to university funding crisis.
A sharp decline in student numbers has hit universities four years after President William Ruto’s new funding model was introduced, exposing deep cracks in the system.
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