The new school of sciences and research in Kisii University will reduce the institution’s annual expenses incurred in using facilities of the neighboring Gusii Institute of Science and Technology, Vice Chancellor Prof. John Akama has said.
Speaking during the annual board meeting at the institution on Monday, Prof. Akama said the institution has been spending Sh5M annually to secure GIT laboratories for science students to carry out their practical lessons.
He said the new science laboratory that cost over Sh100M will be expanded once the population of students taking science courses increases.
“I am glad to inform all of you that we will no longer pay to GIT for our students to be allowed to carry out practical. We thank the technical institution for hosting us all this long but time has come for us to come home,” he said.
“The building and the facilities together cost us around Sh120M, but we will be extending the building soon because we are expecting more students taking sciences courses,” he said.
Registrar Academics Prof. Phillip Owino challenged science lecturers to expose their students into more practical for the institution to be regarded as one of the best school of sciences.
“This is a great step we have made and I think our lecturers have a chance to lift the name of the institution by increasing the time spent on practical,” he said.