Fee Anomalies Force CS Machogu To Order Universities To Recall All Admission Letters
On Tuesday, the National Assembly’s Education Committee directed the Ministry of Education to withdraw all university admission letters.
While appearing before the committee, the Ministry was urged to direct all universities to recall previously issued admission letters due to alleged anomalies in the fees students must pay.
According to the admission letters, the Ministry of Education allegedly imposed the same amount of school fees on all students regardless of their category under the new funding model.
The letters would then be recalled to change the amounts displayed on the calling letters, with students being assigned fee amounts based on the predetermined classifications.
In response to the allegations, Education Ministry officials admitted the error, forcing legislators to issue the orders.
In its defence, the Ministry cited several flaws in the overall student classification process.
“We have the whole submission of appeals and we acknowledge there are some gaps in this process,” a Ministry official told the committee.
“Some of them are caused by not getting appropriate information and that is why in the appeals process we try to engage the students to provide enough information to help us assess their status.”
The new funding model was designed to assist students experiencing financial hardship by waiving all fees to colleges and universities, including their maintenance.
Students would be classified as vulnerable, extremely needy, needy, or less needy under the government’s new funding model, which went into effect in May 2023.
The vulnerable and extremely needy students would receive full funding, while the needy and less needy would receive 93%.
Fee Anomalies Force CS Machogu To Order Universities To Recall All Admission Letters
