The irony of State decking out billions for politics, but zero for university education

University lecturers are currently on strike, which The Standard Kenya reports exposes the government's failure to secure a lasting salary deal and has left students stranded despite billions of shillings being committed to other sectors.

In a separate matter, Hindustan Times - World News reports that social media users have shared accounts of an active shooter at Colorado State University, with one user claiming to have heard gunshots and a mob of screaming children.

The University Grants Commission's Quality Assurance Council utilizes an expansive structure to implement external reviews of state universities and institutes. According to The Island Sri Lanka, this top-down system includes individual university Centres for Quality Assurance that oversee faculty-level Internal Quality Assurance Cells, though there are questions regarding whether this structure undermines university governance.

Brief written by urgent.news from The Standard Kenya, Hindustan Times - World News, The Island Sri Lanka — 3 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.