By: Vivian Oresha
Students in various universities face different challenges or difficulties but the common challenge to most of them is financial issues. This applies to universities in Kenya especially public universities in which most victims being government sponsored students.
Financial aspect comes in when students are to purchase for meals for themselves and also paying for miscellaneous. Most parents after paying for school fees they disregard upkeep money; they either give little or others none. Some parents it’s not that they are careless but situations make them focus on what seems to be priority to them, hence ending up paying for school fees only. This condition makes most students starve while in school, trying to save for miscellaneous example money for printing assignments etc. The reason why it affects government sponsored students mostly is because, the government picks students from different backgrounds most of them being from humble background which is commendable. These people struggle to get the school fees while disregarding the upkeep part other students are forced to pay all their helb money to school fees.
Another reason is that some students are not good financial managers. They squander money with hosting parties, buying of drugs, and exercising excess pleasure with the little they have, then after finishing it they start starving and crying for support.
In my opinion the best way to curb financial issues among students, first would be introducing system of inclusion meals money to school fees. This would really help such that parents will be forced to cater for their children meals indirectly hence reducing starvation among students. Another way is introducing financial management as a unit to be learned with all university students. This will help to equip learners with management skills hence reduce money wastage by students.
VIVIAN ORESHA MAASAI MARA UNIVERSITY STUDENT
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