Bodies mandated to register relevant institutions to offer certain courses have been accused of contributing to the confusion in institutions of higher learning.
Kisii University Vice Chancellor Prof John Akama accused the bodies mandated to accredit certain courses of bias and corruption making the process of registration long.
He said many institution heads were compelled to go through bureaucracy and sometimes give up on the way despite having all the necessary requirements in place.
“Universities are always ready to offer courses because they understand the procedures. However, the problem is the bureaucracy and unnecessary corruption we experience when registering courses with certain bodies,” he said.
Akama called for decentralization of bodies mandated to accredit courses in county level since virtually most universities are found in a number of counties.
“Sometimes it is really annoying that you have to seek those services in Nairobi. Time has come for offices to be devolved to county level for efficiency,” he said.
Some of the body mandated to accredit courses includes Engineering Board of Kenya, Media Council of Kenya, Nursing Council and Council for Legal Education.
This comes barely a week after students perusing engineering and its related courses from Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology went rampant following information that the institution had not registered the course with Engineering Board of Kenya.