Gov�t considers alternative tertiary funding models :: Mmegi Online

In response to declining government funding in tertiary education, the Ministry of Tertiary Education, Science and Technology (MTEST) in collaboration with stakeholders on Friday held a national Pitso to brainstorm on alternative funding models.

Government could in the near future roll out cost-sharing measures as evidenced by the strictly regulated higher education financing (government) through a quota system in the past two academic years. Under the new sponsorship system, tertiary institutions are given a number of students government is able to fund based on market needs, unlike before when the former determined enrolment per programme.

The event, which attracted experts from tertiary financing bodies in Kenya and South Africa inter alia, looked critically into the area of cost-sharing as well as tightening recoveries from beneficiaries.

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