Plans are on to have all universities in the region rationalise all the programmes and courses they offer through the adoption of Competency Based Education (CBE). This builds on the 2016 agreement by East African Community Heads of State that declared the EAC a Common Higher Education Area (CHEA).
Officials of the Inter-University Council of East Africa (IUCEA) extolled the virtues of the CBE system, saying it will ensure that regional universities meet the changing needs of school leavers and enable college graduates to compete in the current changing labour market. They were meeting in Nairobi recently for the annual general meeting.
