Does the Kenyan Policy on Government-Sponsored Students in Private Universities Enhance Equity in Higher Education?

• In Event: AERA Virtual Poster Session
  In Virtual Poster Session: Division L - Educational Policies and Politics Virtual Poster Session

Abstract

Education is a human right, hence the government’s responsibility for funding. Yet, majority of qualified higher education students are left behind partly because the government of Kenya has been funding public universities only until 2016. In the 2016/2017 the government enforced: Government Sponsored Students in Private Universities policy to increase accessibility; thus, increasing the number of students from 74,389 to 84,389 that year. Though the policy in ongoing: does it consider equity in access, gender distribution, geographical representation, and university program representation? A mixed method was applied to secondary and primary data. The findings reveal that equity in access based on gender, geographical representation, and course offerings are lacking. Thus, the need to relook at the implementation of the policy.

Author

• Orpha Kemunto Ongiti, Africa Nazarene University
  Presenting Author