The Ministry of Education is set to issue new rules on university courses.
The guidelines according to Kenya National Qualifications Authority will be in place in January 2018.
“This is an important step that will ensure order in the manner in which institutions handle certification of academic credits,” said Dr. Fred Matiang’i.
He added that the new rules will provide guidelines on the period certificate, diploma and degree courses should take.
“The guidelines will put to an end the confusion being experienced in our education system,” he said.
The minister added that the minimum entry to a university degree course remained a diploma or grade C+ in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examination.
The chairman of the Kenya National Qualifications Authority, the body drafting the reforms Prof Bonaventure W. Kerre said the framework is based on set criteria that aims at integrating and coordinating qualifications to improve the transparency and quality of programs offered in institutions of higher education.
