Education Bodies Announce Student Funding, Placements, and School Reviews - August 2025

The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) disbursed loans to over 136,000 first-time university students for the 2025/2026 academic year under the new Student-Centred Funding Model. The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) has reopened applications for students seeking placements at the Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) for the September intake. In other education news, the Ministry of Education is reviewing over 3,000 secondary schools with low student enrollment for potential closure or conversion due to inefficient resource use. Meanwhile, Moi University confirmed that the reporting of first-year students on August 21, 2025, will proceed despite a looming lecturers’ strike.