Varsity student capitation drops to lowest level in sunset year of programme

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Higher Education Loans applicants being served at the Helb offices in Nairobi. FILE PHOTO | NMG

The average capitation for government-sponsored students in private universities dropped to its lowest in the year ended June 2023—the last year of the programme — highlighting the funding woes that prompted the State to end the arrangement.

Official data from the University Funding (UF) shows that the State allocated an average of Sh35,415.55 in the last year of the programme as the number of continuing students hit 89,644.

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