The Government has been asked to consider extending scholarships to students doing medicine in private universities.
Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) Board Chairman Prof Simon Gicharu says since the course is offered only in a limited number of universities, learners should be allowed to join private institutions and get scholarships.
“The students who choose to do a course in medicine which is not available in all our universities and are admitted to private institutions should be offered scholarship to pursue the course,” he stated.
Gicharu who is also the Mount Kenya University (MKU) Chairman Board of Directors was speaking the handover of the newly constructed university mosque and renovated Students Centre at the Chancellor Towers grounds.
At the same time, the KICD official maintained that the new government funding model for higher learning has not seriously affected operations of private universities.
The Chairman also said the youth, particularly college and high school students, should be used as vehicles of uniting the country through various religious denominations.
He noted that the MKU leadership decided to build a mosque to be used by over 7,000 Muslim students as a way of demystifying religious norms and bringing cohesion among Kenyans from different backgrounds.
The students led by MKU Students Association Chairman Eric Ochieng appealed to the government to review the University Education funding model to ease the fees burden for learners particularly in private institutions.
