More pain for varsity students as State funding deficit persists

 Principal Secretary, State Department for Higher Education and Research Beatrice Inyangala speaking during a past presser.

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Over 368,000 university students are at risk of missing out on funding for their education, after the government allocated about a half only, of the required funds in Budget Policy Statement for 2025 – 2026 to cater for their tuition.

The funding deficit affects students under both the old differentiated unit cost (DUC) and the new funding model that was outlawed by the High Court last year.

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