The Government will fund university and college education for 116,718 students who sat last year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KSCE) exams.
This is the highest number of students the Government has committed to sponsor for higher education.
The Kenya Universities and Colleges Placement Service (KUCCPS) revealed the details during a stakeholders’ meeting yesterday as admission data for qualified students was released.
KUCCPS Chief Executive Officer John Muraguri said 88,626 candidates who scored C+ and above had all been allocated courses of their choice.
Of these, Mr Muraguri said public universities had been allocated 71,089 students while private institutions will absorb a record 17,368.
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