Another Tom Mboya course not approved, Bachelor of Arts (development studies, with IT) is offered at Maseno as Bachelor of Arts in Development Studies.“The courses we offer belong to Maseno University but the media reports indicate that Maseno’s courses are genuine yet ours are fake. That information is wrong,” Tom Mboya University College Principal Charles Ochola said.
CUE Deputy Commission Secretary, Division of Quality Audit and Standards Anne Nangulu yesterday moved to allay fears over the courses.“What is the crisis? The portal to revise courses has just been opened. And it shall again be opened for second revision.
Let us wait for the exercise to end so that we tally and get the true position. There is no cause for alarm,” she said.Chacha said the commission was not ready to divulge any information. “We are not ready yet as a commission to address this matter as it is unfolding right now. There is no reason to panic. We will engage you as we conclude with our information that we will like to share,” said Chacha.Many vice chancellors opted to speak off the record because of the sensitivity of the matter.
Those who spoke said universities were not happy with the manner their institutions’ programmes were handled.They said they will use the State of Universities Education meeting scheduled for Friday with MPs to ventilate.Some even alleged that the CUE had used programmes to punish universities that had failed to remit annual audit and quality assurance fees.
“If you go there and pay the dues some officers there will clear your programmes,” said one of the VCs. CUE rates gazzetted in June 30, 2016 require that public and private institutions pay a flat rate of Sh1, 000 per student they admit.
