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600,000 students shun universities, colleges

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Kenya Universities and college Central Placement (KUCCPs) Chief Executive Officer Agnes Wahome addressed hundreds of form four leavers at Subukia in Nakuru county on June 2, 2021, during a sensitization exercise on registration. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Over 600,000 students who sat the 2023 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations shunned university and college places despite the availability of places in the institutions.

Data from the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) shows that out of the 903,137 students who sat the 2023 KCSE exams, some 890,654 were eligible for placement to either university or college.

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