Accreditation report

Abstract

Pwani University is located in Kilifi Town 60 Kilometers North of Mombasa and about 61 Kilometers South of Malindi town along the Mombasa Malindi road. It is the successor of the Kilifi Institute of Agriculture which had been in existence since 1984. The College came into being through a government legal order of 23rd August 2007 that upgraded it to a Constituent College of Kenyatta University. This was after the Kinyanjui Report of 2006 highlighted the need for a public university in the coast due to the low education attainment index of the region. The legal order establishing the University College specified that the College was to become a fully-fledged University within three years. The institution drafted a charter which was evaluated by the the Commission and found to be satisfactory. The Commission is persuaded that Pwani University College has mobilized enough academic resources to enable it function as a fully-fledged University at least for the first phase and recommends the College for upgrading to a fully-fledged public. The University was advised to implement the recommendations contained in the Accreditation report.