Tag: JKUAT PhDs

‘PhD kitu gani’, Magoha scoffs at JKUAT doctorate degrees

Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha has yet again scoffed at the calibre of graduates being churned out by Kenyan universities. “We want to skill our children. I tell people you’d rather have skills than a Master’s degree, constantly complaining to the government that you need to be employed,” said Prof Magoha. Speaking during a stakeholder […]

Fate of 118 JKUAT PhDs hangs in the balance as CUE cracks whip

JKUAT has been directed to cease training doctorate students in satellite campuses for lack of capacity and transfer them to the main institution in Juja.

How JKUAT broke all PhDs award regulations

The Commission for University Education (CUE) will take stern action against Jomo Kenyatta University of Science and Technology (JKUAT) if investigations prove the institution flouted guidelines in the awarding of PhDs to 118 students. In what shows widespread disregard for set standards at the institution it has now emerged that a lecturer supervised 16 doctorate […]

Our 118 PhDs are genuine, says JKUAT’s DVC-Academics

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology’s top administration has come to the defense of the institution in the wake of increased criticisms about the criteria JKUAT used to award 118 doctoral degrees in last Friday’s graduation ceremony. JKUAT’s Deputy Vice Chancellor in charge of academic affairs, Prof. Robert Kinyua, termed some online posts about […]