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STUDENTS WORRIED AS DEADLINE HITS

TENSION AND WOBBLING AMONG STUDENTS AS THEY RUSH TO BEAT THE DEADLINE.
By Glen Don 
Yesterday Kisii University students had hard times rushing to pay school fees to beat the deadline.
The deadline for fee payment was extended to 27th October after the initial deadline which was 11th October caused much tension among students, the students claimed that the initial deadline which was communicated through a memo was suppressive and was sudden. 
This prompted the Institution to extend the deadline for about two weeks for the students to have ample time as they lamented and also to give enough time for the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) funds to be disbursed.
According to the Kisii University fee payment policy, for one to be able to sit for end-semester exams; the student must have cleared the fee, full percentage while registration of course units demands one to have paid 50 percent with a negotiable extension of 75%. Reporting for semester studies requires no payment of fees as per the policies.
Yesterday the majority of 
students were seen thronging banks as some heading to Kenya Central Bank after National Bank was flocked too by ordinary customers and a majority of students. Some of the students were also at the School gate point at the National Bank agent.
" I am not ready to defer my studies, so I must rush paying my fees even though I received money late hours," One student was heard saying.

In the school's Student finance office, a crowd was also noted, here the students needed their fees to reflect on the portal to evade automatic deferment, as well as those who have not registered units to register and have their units approved on time. 
For the units to be approved by the chair of department (COD) the fee paid must be reflected on the portal.
Regarding students' finance, several students were decrying sluggishness and loathsome service delivery.
Up to 4 p.m., students were seen at the waiting point in a queue waiting to be served.

According to the memo that was released by the Administration to 2nd, 3rd, and 4th years, the students were urged to pay their fees and that the examination attendance sheet would be generated by 30th October.

Past October 27, students who have not cleared fees will be forced to defer and will not be eligible to sit for any examination paper, as well those who were yet to report for sessions were urged to defer.
The deadline affected those who have not reported for the session and those who have not cleared fees.
The memo did not include first-year students.
The first-year students who were admitted new education funding model. The first-year Kisii University students are also lamenting over the abrupt fee change, one student said his fee increased to 293 thousand from 223 thousand. The students who were affected by the new model are yet to receive their funds both for tuition and upkeep countrywide. This happens days after it was revealed by standard media that parents are to pay the fees by themselves while the government is to take a small share as opposed to the previous plan. If the new policy is declared publicly this means parents and guardians will have to go deeper into their pockets to finance their children's studies.
The University exams are scheduled to start on November 15 and ending on December 15, with the first lot set to begin on November 15 to end November while the second lot is set to begin about December 1 to about 18 December. Thereafter, students shall break for short December holidays before embarking on Semester two on January 3rd.
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By Glen Don 

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  1. Anonymous28 October 2023 at 19:54

    Hawajali jinsi hali ilivyo. Uchumi, hakuna pesa, wazazi wamo hali ngumu ya maisha

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