Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu has announced that the Higher Education Funding portal will open on Saturday next week, allowing eligible students to apply for funding.

On Friday, Machogu indicated that application results will be available on July 31.

Further, Machogu stated that out of 201,146 candidates eligible to join the university, 153,274 have been placed by KUCCPS to various university degree programs.

“University degrees will be funded through three components; scholarship, loans and household contribution.”

He said that many parents and guardians think that they are required to pay the full fees, as indicated in the KUCCPS portal, upon admission of students.

He clarified that each student’s fees will be known after the student has applied for funding and completed the assessment based on the level of need.

He also said that the funding application process results will be over by July 3.

Universities and funding agencies were directed to immediately embark on sensitization of students, parents/guardians and stakeholders on the student-centered funding model.

Similarly, Universities have been directed to notify all their respective first-year students of the amount to be paid by the household upon release of the funding application.

“All First-year students will report to their respective universities based on their admission letters and joining instructions as advised, “he added.