President Ruto has announced that the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) will be disbanded and replaced by another education body to take up its role.
The president announced the new body dubbed National Skill and Funding Council (NSFC) “that will amalgamate the existing funding bodies,”he said.
“The new body will double the current HELB funds from KES 11 billion to KES 22 billion,” he added.
The plan to abolish HELB was reached through a report compiled by a task force set up to review the Competency Based Curriculum.
The body will also target to double the current HELB funds from KES 11 billion to KES 22 billion.
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