Higher Education Funding Policy: Provision of Quality Education in Selected Universities, in Kenya

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume III, Issue IX, September 2019 | ISSN 2454–6186

Higher Education Funding Policy: Provision of Quality Education in Selected Universities, in Kenya

Wekesa Moses Soita & Dr. Rachel Koross (PhD)
Department of Educational Management, School of Education, University of Eldoret, Kenya

Abstract:-The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of access policies on quality of higher education in selected Universities. The study objective was to find out the effect of funding policy of higher education on the provision of quality education. The sample size of the study was 195 where top managers of the selected Universities were 103 while students were 92. The research instruments used included questionnaire and interview schedules. The questionnaire was used on the Admissions Officers, Deans, DVCs, DQA, finance officers, HODs. Data was analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The study established that there was a positive and statistically significant relationship between funding policy and access to higher education. The study recommended that the Universities must be funded Funding effectively, also government allocations to public Universities should be increased. Finally, if the issue of funding is not urgently addressed, then university education in Kenya is on its deathbed

Key words: Higher Education, Funding Policy, Quality Education, Universities.

I. INTRODUCTION

In Kenya, the development of funding couldn’t adjust with the regularly rising enrolments, prompting quality issues identified with clogged offices that were at first intended to suit just a couple of learners just as poor working conditions in many institutions. Accordingly, numerous guardians liked to take their youngsters to ponder in developed nations, for example, USA, UK, etc. As indicated by UNESCO’s information, in 2012, 13,573 Kenyan understudies were concentrating abroad, with 3,776 in the USA, 2,235 in the UK and 1,191 in Australia (Wenr, 2015) however the number has altogether decreased after some time. Luckily, this issue got the consideration of the central government of Kenya to make a move and reinforce the nature of advanced education. The blend of high enrolments and low financing has hit even settled Universities hard.

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