State-sponsored students increase fastest in four years

A graduation ceremony at a public university.  FILE PHOTO | NMG

The number of government-sponsored students in public universities has grown at the fastest rate in four years as State funding neared the Sh42 billion mark.

Data from the University Funding Board (UFB) — the State agency that guides the allocation of cash for students— shows the population grew 23.2 percent to 324,182 in the year ending June from 271,446 last year.

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