A graduation ceremony. The Engineers Board of Kenya (EBK) has so far
refused to license about 9,000 engineering graduates from universities
it has not approved to offer the courses. PHOTO | FILE
The fate of thousands of engineering students at the Technical
University of Kenya (TUK) now hangs in the balance following a decision
by the institution to suspend the courses, which have been discredited
by the industry regulator.
Technical University,
formerly the Kenya Polytechnic, has frozen admission of fresh learners
and teaching of continuing students in the faculty of Engineering
Sciences and Technology after the Engineers Board of Kenya (EBK) listed
it among institutions that are not certified to offer the courses.
The
affected programmes are undergraduate degree courses in four
engineering fields namely civil, mechanical, electrical and chemical.
The
board – established by the Engineers Act (2011) – has powers to approve
and accredit engineering programmes at tertiary institutions. It also
licenses all engineering graduates to practice the trade in Kenya.
The
more than 3,000 students undertaking various Bachelor of Engineering
programmes and scores of freshers set to be admitted to the faculty now
have to wait anxiously for their university to comply with EBK’s tough
requirements on curriculum, laboratories and teaching staff
qualifications.
“The University Senate has decided to
suspend the teaching of, and admission to Bachelor of Engineering
programmes that require recognition by EBK,” TUK said in a notice dated
August 28, 2015.
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