The rise and fall of Ruto's plan to save universities

[PCS] Three years ago, President William Ruto unveiled the Student-Centred Funding Model as the solution to the financial crisis facing public universities.

Under the DUC model, universities were to receive funding based on the cost of programmes offered, with government expected to finance about 80 per cent of the cost of every student.

Appearing before the National Assembly Education Committee in July, Higher Education Principal Secretary Beatrice Inyangala admitted that the financing mechanism has failed to match the requirements of the Student-Centred Funding Model.