The government, through the Commission for University Education (CUE), has finally made a decision regarding students pursuing unapproved courses.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, the commission explained that the students scheduled to join university this year would be allowed to pursue the courses which were yet to be accredited.
CUE further announced that it had worked with relevant agencies and that students should be allowed to continue pursuing those courses.
“The commission has worked with the relevant agencies to ensure that the compliance issues raised on the majority of the programmes have been addressed. As a result, the commission allowed the Placement Agency to admit students to the affected programmes in the 2019/2020 academic year,” read the statement in part.
The Commission further explained that admission of students to the 133 courses was informed by demand and that a majority of institutions that were affected were either new or under the umbrella of big universities.
In an earlier report, the commission had rejected the courses for having a cumulative enrollment of 10,000 slots in various Universities.
The move angered some vice-chancellors who accused the commission of being insensitive as most of the courses were already being taught.
The commission’s CEO, Mwenda Ntarangwi, addressed the panic by the institutions at the time, explaining that the body was still engaging with the affected Universities.
“This is still an ongoing process and we are in consultation with Universities,” the Professor stated.