Dr. Valerian Kilemi Mwiria

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the criteria states that one needs to have a minimum of a C plus in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) before he or she is admitted to a university. For specific degree programmes, the entry is determined by various cluster subjects. This has to be followed. view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: The second criteria to ensure quality is the insistence by the Government that where possible, both the regular and fee-paying students are taught together except in situations where that is not possible, for example, where the students are undertaking evening or weekend classes. view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are also internal quality assurance mechanisms which include setting of examinations that are approved by lecturers and the senates, respectively, as well as the use of external examiners for both examinations and dissertations. view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, finally, we are working with the Commission for Higher Education (CHE) to put in place specific quality assurance mechanisms that will be a requirement for all universities including public universities. view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I did not get him. view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is a concern. We do not want to encourage universities to be opening up campuses anywhere without the institutions having the relevant facilities. That is why we have strengthened the Commission for Higher Education. We give them more resources, both human and physical, to ensure that from now on, if a campus has to be set up, it has to have the minimum requirements for it to be qualified to be a university institution. We are doing our best in terms of strengthening the CHE. view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is not true that all the colleges have been promoted to campuses of universities. Yes, we have a good number of colleges that have been upgraded. However, because we realise that we also need middle-level technicians with diplomas and so on, we are insisting that any newly promoted diploma college also offers diploma certificate courses alongside university degrees. It does not, therefore, mean that we are going to give up those courses. We are just expanding by allowing for degree courses to be offered in colleges that can offer them. At the same time, we are ... view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: First of all, I would like the hon. Member to tell me why she thinks that we have view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: 4370 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES January 22, 2009 view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: not increased funding for our public universities before I answer her question. view