In Overall,
higher education in Kenya has really grown in terms of capacity and training.
However, more effort should be channeled towards research so that we can find
solutions to never ending problems that come up every single day.
Koitalel
Arap Samoei University and Nyamira State University to be established in Nandi
& Nyamira Counties respectively will be the next entrants in higher
education. While that is commendable, I want to believe that we have somewhat
successfully managed to elevate higher education in Kenya and it’s time to
focus on creating jobs for the thousands of graduates that we train in these
numerous university lest we make the already deteriorating situation much
worse.
Statistics
show that Kenya produces approximately 50,000 graduates annually and this
number is expected to rise steadily in the coming years. While the government records show that 116,000
formal jobs were created last year (2014), we still have thousands without jobs.
Referring to the statistics, it means that we had 56,000 surplus jobs. Undoubtedly, there is inconsistency with the
data and most probably it’s not accurate as it does not represent the reality
on the ground. The number of university graduates is not in sync with the jobs
created.
With
the significant growth, we should then scale back the budget to bare minimum
for higher education and divert the funds to basic education (primary &
secondary) which is in dire need of searious upgrading.
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