The government will embark on a countrywide crackdown to close down all unregistered tertiary institutions by Janurary next year.
Acting Higher Education Minister Minister Hellen Sambili says the grace period offered to the bogus colleges to go through the validation process has expired adding that they will be closed without any further consultation with the proprietors.
Sambili said the 395 colleges were required to renew their registration within 18 months after they were initially granted permission to operate but have since declined.
Such institutions, Sambili says have not met the standards set by the ministry in order to offer valid certificates and diplomas.
She also faulted them for offering sub standard training as the greed for profit drives them to enroll students in excess of their capacity and cautioned parents against enrolling their children in such institutions.
The affected students now have only a month to re-plan their future after the Government said the said colleges would be shut down by January 10.
Proprietors and managers of the ‘fake’ colleges would also be arrested and prosecuted for operating illegal educational institutions, said the minister.
“Under the current law, no institution should offer any education and training services without prior inspection and registration,” said the minister at a press conference in her Jogoo House office.A copy of this circular has been sent to the Kenya National Examinations Council and the Kenya Accountants and Secretaries National Examination Board for their information
So far only 363 Technical Vocational Education Training (TVET) institutions have been registered. Another 99 are operating with valid provisional registration certificates
In late August, the then higher education minister William Ruto ordered all middle-level colleges to register or face closure.
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