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Masinde Muliro, Multimedia warned over engineering courses
KENET Chief Executive Meoli Kashorda at a press briefing after the release of the KENET engineering baseline survey at the Intercontinental Hotel in Nairobi on Tuesday. PHOTO | LILIAN OCHIENG | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- The EBK accredits only universities whose courses meet five mandatory requirements: programme design, curriculum, adequate faculty staff and training facilities and duration of training.
- KENET says the employability of the engineering students is questionable because of the standards they are exposed to, adding that “many stay unemployed after graduation for even over two years”.
Six universities have been warned against admitting students for engineering courses, because they have not been accredited to do so.
Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Meru University of Science and Technology, Multimedia University of Kenya, Technical University of Kenya and Technical University of Mombasa and University of Eldoret face a Sh5 million fine or a jail term for contravening the directive.
