The government quality assurance body has issued orders indicating that all private and public universities are banned from offering all diploma and certificate courses in the country.
According to the quality assurance body , Kenya National Qualifications Authority (KNQA)’s , statement released, it is clear to note that all diplomas and certificates courses offered by universities are currently banned and cannot be recognized.
The above courses will also neither get registered under the Kenya National Qualifications Framework (KNQF).
As a result , this means that the courses offered here do not attract international recognition.This is because universities are not enlisted as ratified training institutions for the coursework studies.
Dr.Mukwana issued a warning saying that most of the universities have been offering diplomas and certificates without bothering to accredit them with TVETA and neither are they accredited by CUE.

University graduands in their graduation regalia during graduation ceremony day.image/Courtesy
Also the KNQA chairman during a recent workshop to sensitise universities and TVETS institutions on the new qualifications framework,he also asked universities offering diploma and certificates to cease from the same.
Following the above uproar, now all the universities should focus on teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students alongside doing extensive research so as to meet the academic standards recognized worldwide.