The Commission for University Education has been challenged to consider revoking double intake policy that has seen many institutions of higher learning absorb more students in a shorter period of time.
The policy was introduced in 2009 by the then Ministry of Higher Education under the leadership of Deputy President William Ruto.
Dr Nyandoro Kambi however believes the policy has contributed substantially towards deteriorating of quality education standards in universities citing insufficient study rooms, facilities and tutors to attend to students.
“Time has come for CUE to revoke double intake because it’s detrimental to delivery of quality education. Public universities are enrolling many students yet they are not properly equipped. If the double intake standard, we are likely to continued producing half-baked graduates,” Nyandoro said during a function at Mwongori secondary on Thursday.
He urged the commission to regulate the number of students being enrolled by inspecting public institutions to ascertain their capacity.
“I have seen many students suffer because they operate in a vacuum. Most are forced to rent outside the university premises, therefore, endangering their lives and some others faces learning difficulties because they are taught by part-time lecturers. The commission should first carry out an audit on capacity of an institution before authorizing the number of students who should be enrolled,” he added.
He said the policy was hurriedly crafted without proper advice from experts and said it subjected many students to unnecessary long holidays.
“Actually I don’t think the policy helps students to clear campus in time and instead, universities absorb many students only to subject them to long holidays to accommodate other groups. In fact, some ends up staying out up to eight months. It's detrimental to delivery of quality education and this is the time to reverse it till we properly equip our institution,” he said.