Some assures quality programs for varsity students
Higher Education Minister Margaret Kamar (left) receives the taskforce report on Alignment of the Higher Education, Science and Technology Sector from the team’s chairman, Prof David Some, in Nairobi on March 22, 2012. Photo | FILE |
What you need to know:
- Prof some said Kenyans have in the past left the country for further studies citing quality education offers abroad but he said he hopes to change this perception.
- He said he will also ensure that programmes for lecturers training are up to date and through to Phd level.
- His appointment also comes at a time when universities in the country have been marred with a wave of strikes as lecturers and non–teaching staff boycott classes over salaries.
New Higher Education boss Prof David Some has assured Kenyan students of quality education as he takes office this week.
Prof Some said he has three major issues that he plans to tackle when he takes over as chief executive of the Commission for Higher Education (CHE).
“I will ensure quality assurance and programme ranking is in the public domain, so that students are able to tell which university offers the best courses,” he said in an interview with the Nation.
Prof Some said Kenyans have in the past left the country for further studies citing quality education offers abroad but he said he hopes to change this perception.
“I will promote and assure quality and also inspect and accredit both public and private universities, which is under the new proposed law, the Universities Bill 2012,” he said.
Prof Some, who is the former Moi University Vice Chancellor, said he will also ensure that programmes for lecturers' training are up to date and are through to Phd level.
“I will ensure new innovations, because Kenyan universities have the best global practices and we will not be left behind,” he said.
Prof Some was chair of the Inter University Council for East Africa for three years from 2003-2006.
His appointment comes at a time when universities in the country have been marred with a wave of strikes as lecturers and non–teaching staff boycott classes over salaries.
Prof Some is set to take the frontline in bringing changes recommended in his report titled Realignment of Higher Education in Kenya 2012 that wasreleased early this year.
