Cash crisis threatens varsity dreams of 2019 KCSE stars

Teachers and parents of Kenya High school, Nairobi celebrate after Hellen Ndathi came eighth nationally with a score of A of 86 points in last year’s KCSE results. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

Revision of courses has delayed as the government weighs options over plans to spend additional Sh7.5 billion to sponsor all the 125,746 students who met university entry marks.

Sources at the Ministry of Education revealed that the government is mulling over raising the cut-off points to sponsor a manageable number of students to cut costs.