Teachers can now breathe a sigh of relief after the university education regulator announced that it will not phase out their holiday learning plan.
Universities will, however improve on hours of instructions to meet standards.
Commission for University Education chairman Chacha Nyaigoti Chacha said each university must ensure teachers have enough time with their lecturers.
“We have told them that the only way to have the course is to work within the universities’ guidelines of 2014 but we are not closing the course,” Prof Chacha said.
He added: “They should have a system that takes longer so that they have the minimum instructional hours. We want a qualitative environment for learners. Some universities have been using very funny places, with poor facilities and unqualified lecturers. That must be improved.”
Egerton University has part-time courses while Kenyatta University and Mount Kenya University have distant learning.
In its audit released in February, the commission gave universities six months to review the process leading to degrees to ensure minimum standards. “Universities must ensure that all students meet minimum requisite instructional hours and workload to graduate,” recommended the commission in its report. During the audit, holiday learning for teachers failed to meet the stipulated instruction hours and workload.
