Funding-Guide.pdf for government sponsored students

Pdf on determing level of need for government sponsored students

1. Determining Need
level
•Consideration is made on:
•Family economic
background (Poverty
Probability Index)
•Affirmative active action
(PWD, Orphan,
Marginalized, Gender)
•National development
agenda priorities
Using the HELB MTI introduced in 1995

2. Determining Student Level of Need
•The HELB Means Testing Instrument (MTI) instrument will be applied to ensure that all Needy
students are adequately supported.
•The HELB MTI scores students based on the following 8 parameters:
1)Parent’s background - varied weights will be assigned to whether orphan, single parents,
divorced etc.
2)Gender - varied weights will be assigned to whether male or female.
3)Course type - varied weights will be assigned to whether STEAM or Arts.
4)Previous school type - varied weights will be assigned to whether private or public.
5)Expenditure on education - varied weights will be assigned to whether other siblings are in
high school/tertiary institutions.
6)Family size and composition - varied weights will be assigned to no children/
polygamous/monogamous and the age of the parents.
7)Marginalization - varied weights will be assigned to whether students come from
marginalized counties, or the institution is in those regions.
8)Persons Living with Disability - varied weights will be assigned to any form of disability.

3. Criteria for Funding Students
1. Affirmative action:
a.Marginalized as defined by Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA).
b.Persons with disability.
2. Household Income Bands: The income bands are classified into the following categories
based on the monthly household income;
a.Vulnerable – Household income - Kshs.0
b.Extremely Needy - Household income of Kshs.23,671 per month and below.
c.Needy - Household monthly income of between Kshs.23,672 and Kshs.70,000.
d.Less Needy - Household monthly income of between Kshs.70,001 – Kshs. 200,000.

4. Vulnerable
Scholarship-82% Tuition
Loan-18% Tuition
Household-0% Tuition
Extremely Needy
Scholarship-70% Tuition
Loan-30% Tuition
Household-0% Tuition
Needy
Scholarship-53% Tuition
Loan-40% Tuition
Household-7% Tuition
Less Needy
Scholarship-38% Tuition
Loan-55% Tuition
Household-7% Tuition
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New University Funding Model
!Universities to offer 15% discount on actual program cost

5. PROPOSED
MODEL:
CRITERIA
BASED ON
MEANS TESTING
OF THE GRANT
IN LINE WITH
LOAN
The model considers the allocation of categories of Scholarships and Loans to students on the
following basis:
•Funding is based on actual cost of the program.
In 2023/24 FY the following average funding levels are proposed:
•Funding is based on actual cost of the program;
•An average of 61% of the cost of the program shall be a Government Scholarship;
•An average of 36% of the cost of the program shall be Government Loan.
•An average of 7% of the cost of the program shall be Household contribution.
A funding ratio of Scholarships 20% and Loans/Household/Others 80% to be attained
progressively.
FUNDING MODEL
Variable Scholarship and Loans Funding Based on Means Testing

6. Benefits of the Model
1. Promotes equity- funding of students whether Scholarships,
loans or bursaries will be based on the level of need.
2. Increased cashflow to universities by Kshs.20.3Billion.
3. All students who qualified for university intake (C+ and above)
will be placed and will be eligible for funding.
4. Enhances inclusivity, every student will be eligible for financial
assistance.
5. Universities will be motivated to raise additional resources and
to enhance the quality of education so as to attract more students.

7. Summary
1. Introduction of student-centered funding based on the actual programme cost
2. Delinking of Placement and funding of students.
3. Placement of KCSE 2022 candidates to Universities by KUCCPS based on performance and
choice.
4. Students will be eligible to apply for financial assistance including Government Scholarships,
Loans and Bursaries.
5. Admission/Reporting of government-sponsored students harmonized to start in
August/Septemberfor uniformity and alignment to the Government Financial Year.
7. The university funding policy and framework to be reviewed to determine fees for different
categories of students: Government sponsored, Privately sponsored, and Foreign students;
8.Review the model will be periodically to take care of inflation

8. Opening of KUCCPS
portal & Placement
Funding Requests
Registration &
Applications for
Scholarships & Loans
Disbursements
Fund disbursement
to students/HLI
Implementation plan
MAY-JULY JULY-SEP SEPTEMBER
Placement