University education over the years has become more and more expensive. News reaching the Campusbee desk indicate that tuition in the next academic year 2013/2014 is most likely to be doubled. Yes you read that right, DOUBLED!
“The new report commissioned by the Government, recommends that private students pay an additional sh2.29m on top of their usual average unit cost of sh2.69m annually,” The New Vision Reports.
The report reads: “We recommend that privately-sponsored students be required to pay an additional sh2.29m each. The implementation of this should start with the intake of 2013/2014 and the Government will then provide the subsidy for continuing privately sponsored students,”
This would bring each student annual unit cost to a total of sh4.98m.
Apart from private students tuition fee increment; the new report recommends that the Government should drop the current policy of sponsoring some students and instead contribute part of the tuition for all students admitted in the university.
It should be noted that once tuition fees are increased at Makerere, all other public universities are likely to follow suit!!
