Govt reopens university funding window as thousands miss deadline

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Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba. [File,Standard]

Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba has extended the application deadline for first-time university and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) funding to September 21, giving latecomers three more weeks to apply for state support.

The initial window closed on August 31, after the Universities Fund and the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) received 789,422 applications.

The government had already released Sh22.12 billion in first-semester and first-term funding to continuing students by that date.

Govt reopens university funding window as thousands miss deadline

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