HELB Launch Innovative Tech To Identify 45,000 Students For Funding
Innovative Technology from HELB for Finding 45,000 Needy Students. On May 16, the administration talked about the approaches it is taking into account to find the 45,000 disadvantaged students who are eligible for full university funding.
The method will be entirely scientific, as disclosed on Citizen TV by Beatrice Inyangala, the main secretary of the State Department of Higher Education and Research, and Geoffrey Monari, the president of the University Fund (UF).
For the first time, according to Monari, the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) will employ an algorithm to decide which applications should get the government’s full support and which ones should just get half of it.
Students won’t be able to overstate their level of need because HELB will check applications against multiple databases.
“The information students provide will be cross-checked through Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), The National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF), and The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) to determine whether the students flat-out lied in their applications about the level incomes of their parents,” explained Monari.
Because Identity Card numbers and the Integrated Population Registration System (IPRS) were connected, he observed, it was simple to gauge the level of demand after reviewing numerous databases.
We are currently examining how the student data can be connected to the income levels reported by various households during the population census.
Grants for pupils with a single parent
When questioned if children of single parents would receive preference, Monari answered, “We will look at the schools the student attended.” A prestigious private school self-sponsorship will show that the student does not require the whole amount of funding.
Inyangala asserts that a student’s eligibility for full financing would also depend on the parents’ financial position.
She asserted that someone earning Ksh70,000 per month and having eight children would be valued more highly than someone earning the same amount but only having one student.
The PS added that the amount of support would depend on the courses the kids choose to participate in.
“We will provide increased assistance to students pursuing jobs in fields that are now of national priority. She asserts that these initiatives support an economic development strategy that is bottom-up.
On May 3, President William Ruto introduced a new university funding scheme that puts students first.
Universities and TVETS will no longer receive capitation-based block funding that is based on differentiated unit costs. The President declared that household payments, loans, and scholarships would all be combined to fund education.
Only 45,000 of 173,000 university students will receive full government funding under the new arrangement.
Finally, based on the level of need, the remaining components will get funding in the form of loans or scholarships.
HELB Launch Innovative Tech To Identify 45,000 Students For Funding
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TVET students who right away qualify for university entry should also be factored into this system. Let’s not pretend as if there time to further education has a latter date.
Please give the TVET who qualify and wish to pursue degree courses direction. Let’s not be escapists. They are part and parcel of the Kenyan student population.
Good day I would appreciate if my grandaughter of 17 she in matric this to apply for full bursary to study. She either want to do civil engineering and a nursing degree.I enjoy reading this article and how you have set out who is egible for bursaries and how.to apply.
Thank.you
Pam Van Diemel