Oketch, Moses;
(2022)
Higher Education Finance as a Public Good in Kenya.
Journal of Higher Education in Africa
, 20
(2)
pp. 67-87.
10.57054/jhea.v20i2.2726.
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Abstract
This article discusses the transformation of the higher education financing model and how this relates to the concept of higher education as a public good in the context of Kenya. Following independence in 1963, the new Kenya government – like most countries in sub-Saharan Africa that attained independence in this period – considered the establishment of a university to be one of the symbols of a republic and of national advancement. The government valued the public role of university education during this early phase of Kenya as a sovereign nation, even when access remained highly restricted. But, equally, the private benefits of being a university graduate were evident to the Kenyan citizenry. For two decades, Kenya had only one public university – the University of Nairobi – but after 1984 the state rapidly expanded higher education, partly in response to demand. Several universities have since been established, both public and private. Concurrently, the government has pursued a cost-sharing financing model to support this rapid expansion, which is contrary to the notion of higher education as a public good to be provided free of charge. This article examines this transformation of the financing model together with higher education as a publi good and concludes that each has influenced the other in Kenya’s context.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Higher Education Finance as a Public Good in Kenya |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.57054/jhea.v20i2.2726 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.57054/jhea.v20i2.2726 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Kenya, higher education finance, public good, human capital, equity, student loans |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Education, Practice and Society |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10169823 |
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