Comparison of Higher Education System in England and Kenya

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Section 1: Portfolio Evidence 1
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Section 1: Portfolio Evidence 2
Text 1:
University fees in England
Text 2 (paste your text below):
.........Kenya..............
“University tuition fees in England will rise to £9,250
per year from 2017 and the increase could apply to
students who have already started courses. The
The rise of the university fess has been very
important for the students and their parents. The
council of the vice chancellors of all the

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inflation-linked rise represents a 2.8% increase and if
that continued would mean fees rising above £10,000
in the next few years. Universities face the dilemma
that under consumer protection requirements they
will need to announce the £9,250 fee before the
beginning of the next application cycle in early
September. However, until formally changed by
Parliament, universities are not allowed to charge a
fee higher than £9,000, which is the current limit.
The government says the increase can apply to students who
have already begun courses - but this will depend on the terms
of student contracts in individual universities. The fees will
increase in subsequent years. Royal Holloway and the
University of Kent have to still to decide on whether to charge
higher fees for current students, but expect to apply them to new
students starting in 2017, if the fee limit increase goes ahead.
The University of Surrey will not increase fees for its current
undergraduates, but fees will increase each year for students
starting in 2017.
Universities minister Jo Johnson has published a statement
setting out plans to link higher fees to better teaching. Liberal
Democrat university spokeswoman Baroness Lorely Burt said:
"Linking fees to teaching quality in this way is unacceptable.
Enabling any university that scrapes a 'meet expectations' rating
to increase fees by 2.8% shows that this isn't about teaching
quality at all. If universities need further support then let's have
a proper discussion about where that money comes from, rather
than pretending that this is somehow a quid pro quo for
providing the quality of teaching students should already be able
to expect". Sir Peter Lampl, chairman of the Sutton Trust
education charity, said the fee increase will add to student debts
that we have shown to be by far the highest in the English-
speaking world. A real concern is that the removal of
maintenance grants will almost certainly deter poorer students,
who now face debts of over £50,000 on graduation”.
From: Coughlan, S. (2017). University tuition fees rise to
£9,250 for current students –BBC News. [online] BBC News.
Available at:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-36856026
[Accessed 19 Jan. 2017].
universities has been craving for the increase in
the fees in the universities. The private universities
are likely to increase the fees by Sh8,000. It has
created havoc in the minds of the students and the
parents as well. They want the annual fees to raise
up to $16000 to $24000. The Government is also
of the opinion that the individual contribution of
the students should go up around $250.000 from
the average of $129.058.
The matter of the fact is the funding model that is
followed in the current times is not much up to
date. The public universities are running in a huge
debt and there is a big need for increasing the fees.
The government has got no options rather than
increasing the values of the amount.
The universities are not at all sure whether the
current funding system could contribute positively
to the development of the facilities provided to the
students regarding education. However, the
guardians had broken out in protest for this. This is
why many educational institutions are vulnerable
in many constraints.

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PART 2:
Notes (Text 1): Notes (Text 2):
The purpose of increasing the tuition fees in
England is to enhance the quality of teaching in
those universities. This has been declared by
the University education minister. The raised
fess will be applied to the students who would
join their courses from the year 2017. The
consumer protection requirements work as the
bar to implement this rise in the fees.
The purpose of increasing the tuition fees in
Kenya would be to make the funding system
for the university better. The government is
struggling to provide the basic facilities to the
students. This is why they want to increase the
fees for the students in the most ways possible.
It is to bring the universities out of the
vulnerable conditions that they are facing at the
moment.
PART 3:
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Kenya......................in relation to tuition fees? Why are they important?