This archive report was first published on 8 August 2019.
Published on August 8, 2019, Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha revealed that several universities in Kenya are extorting money from students by offering courses not approved by the Commission for University Education.
Prof. Magoha made the revelation while appearing before the Parliamentary Committee on Education, where he admitted that university education has gone wrong.
"I know for sure that there are universities who sit down decide to offer this course, they start teaching it without involving the Commission for University Education or regulator," Prof. Magoha said.
The Education committee was left with more questions, with the Chairperson, Julius Melly, asking what the government's course of action would be in such cases.
Prof. Magoha responded, "It is criminal to teach somebody something and when he comes out he gets disqualified, we will clean this up."
Thousands of graduates have been denied jobs due to the courses they pursued not being approved by the responsible professional bodies.
