All university students to access results online starting August

All university students to access results online starting August

The government has directed universities to establish and implement an electronic results transmission system within six months to stem the cases of unaccountability during the education cycle and graduations.

This follows after an audit by the Commission for University Education (CUE) that was commissioned by the Ministry of Education.

According to the audit report, in some universities, there were missing marks, delayed completion rates, and unaccountability for students at all levels.

“During the 2017 graduation cycle, all universities will be expected to ensure that all their students receive transcripts and results prior to graduating,” directed the Cabinet Secretary for Education, Dr Fred Matiang’i.

“In order to achieve this, each university is required to establish and implement an effective electronic student and data management system within the next six months.”

The CS warned that universities that fail to comply with this requirement will be severely sanctioned, including possibly losing of their university status.

The Ministry of Education also directed that universities prepare and submit annual reports to the Commission.

“To ensure consistence and continued compliance with the existing Institutional Audit legal framework, every university will be expected to prepare and submit to the Commission an annual report in a prescribed format,” further directed the CS.

The Ministry of Education says that the audit also revealed that the quality of school-based programmes offered by many universities is wanting basing this on the number of lecturer-learner contact hours.

“The programmes do not afford adequate contact time between the learners and their lecturers, do not afford the learners sufficient exposure to quality degree research, library time and interaction between the learners themselves.”

To address this, CUE “will begin a process of working with the concerned universities to convert the school-based courses into quality part-time programmes with sufficient opportunities for research and contact between the learners and their lecturers.”

The Ministry has also directed that there be strict rules in offering and conferring of ‘executive’ degree programmes.

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