News:
February 10, 2012
Parliament is demanding a refund of tuition fees for nearly 700 students of the Central University College whose admissions have been withdrawn by the National Accreditation Board (NAB).
The MPs also want the University to compensate the students for wrongful admissions.
The 695 students are part of 3000 students admitted by the Central University College for the 2011/2012 academic year. The university offered them admission even though they did not meet the admission requirements set by the NAB.
The university was expecting that the students would be able to improve their grades through a remedial course. The university’s policy is against NABs regulations and the the university has since announced a discontinuation of the conditional admission policy.
The University has also stated that it would not make any refunds, but parliamentarians disagree.
The parliamentarians are of the view that since the university made a mistake in breaching the accreditation board’s regulations, they must refund the fees and even pay compensation to the affected students.
Five students have so far applied for a refund of their fees.