Useless Courses in Kenya: 26 universities in Kenya are currently offering worthless degree courses to over 10,000 students.
This has been revealed in a report by the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service. The controversial courses have been termed worthless and useless mainly because they have not been approved by the Commission for University Education (CUE).
The lack of approval has raised questions on why the universities have been offering them. It also means that the affected students will earn papers they can’t use to get jobs or quantify their academic levels.
The courses include:
1). Bachelor of Arts in;
2). Geography
3). Political Science
4). Community Development
5). Development and Policy Studies
6). Counselling Psychology
7). Economics
8). Kiswahili
9). International Relations
10). Public Administration and Governance
11). Peace Education
Science courses include:
1). Applied Statistics with Computing
2). Actuarial Science
3). Botany
4). Informatics
5). Natural Resource Management
Other controversial courses include:
1). Management and Information
2). Human Nutrition and Dietetics
3). Public Health
4). Biochemistry.
Tom Mboya University College has the highest number of unapproved courses, with the number of programmes standing at 25.
The following list contains the names of universities mentioned and the number of useless courses offered.
- Tom Mboya University- 25
- Garissa University – 10
- Alupe University – 10
- Great Lakes University of Kisumu – 8
- Kenya Highlands Evangelical University – 7
- University of Embu – 6
- Lukenya University – 6
- Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of
- Science and Technology – 6
- Kenyatta University – 4
- Karatina University – 4
- Moi University – 3
- Turkana University College – 5
- Kabarak University – 2
- Kenya Methodist University – 2
- Mama Ngina University – 3
