Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i on Thursday stated that all diploma holders planning to pursue degree courses will be allowed to join universities as second or third-year students.
The CS, however, stated that his Ministry would develop a qualifications database that will help in identifying fake and genuine academic papers.
Matiang'i added that there will be a new credit transfer system as per rules of the Kenya National Qualifications Framework.
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All diploma courses must take between two or three years to complete and students must have attained a C- or C plain at the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education before being considered for University entry.
This comes as a boost to diploma holders because initially, some of their qualifications were not recognised by universities.
The rules were unveiled at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) on Thursday ahead of their rollout in January.
“A student will be allowed to transfer credits but must not exceed 49 percent.
"That means that a student must be in an institution for at least two years before graduation,” stated the authority chairman, Prof Bonventure Kere.
“We have benchmarked the qualifications with internationally recommended hours. We want to agree on the learning outcomes at each level, which includes knowledge, skills and competencies,” added Prof Kere.
Matiang'i further promised that his Ministry would pump funds to enable proper research in ensuring education standards are not compromised.
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