Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu has called for enhanced collaboration among universities to boost service delivery.

Speaking at the opening session of the 4th Biennial Conference on Universities Research and Innovation organized by the Commission for University Education (CUE), Mr Machogu urged the institutions to work together to enhance the quality of education noting, “universities must work towards ensuring delivery of their core mandate.”

At the conference, Kenyan universities are benchmarking against international best practices to identify areas for improvement and inform future education reforms, aligning with the government’s Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda. The conference provides an opportunity to disseminate, access, and discuss various research findings, inspiring the next generation of researchers and innovators.

Dr Beatrice Inyangala, the Principal Secretary of the State Department for Higher Education and Research, expressed her confidence in the institutions, saying, “Our universities are a beehive of knowledge and talent and indeed research and innovation will prosper.”

Similarly, Prof Chacha Nyaigotti-Chacha, CUE Board Chairman, said the conference was in line with the Commission’s mandate to promote university education, monitor, regulate, accredit universities and programmes, and inspect the quality of education among other functions.

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