16,310 2021 KCSE students did not apply for university spaces through Kenya University Colleges Central Placement Services, according to Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha (KUCCPS).
Although CS Magoha could not provide particular justifications, he did make mention of other possibilities, such as those who might have chosen to study overseas.
According to Magoha, 16,310 applicants who qualified for degree programs in the 2021 KCSE exam did not submit applications because they may have chosen to pursue other options, such as studying overseas.
This occurs at the same time as KUCCPS placed 123,963 of the 144,466 2021 KCSE candidates who met the requirements for university slots.
The Ministry of Education reported on Saturday that an additional 5,278 students were voluntarily assigned to TVET institutes.
Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Magoha further said 16,310 candidates who qualified for degree programmes did not submit applications and may have opted to pursue other opportunities including opting to study abroad.
Magoha said that a total of 250,052 students submitted their applications for placement to universities, TVET institutions and Teacher Training Colleges (TTCs) this year.
He pointed out that for the first time, KUCCPS placed applicants for admission to the 32 public diploma primary teacher training colleges.
“A total of 1,538 (1,216 female, 322 male) have been placed in Diploma in Primary Teacher Education and Diploma in Early Childhood Teacher Education,” Magoha said.
He went further to say KUCCPS placed 293 student (129 male, 164 female) to three colleges offering Diploma in Secondary Teacher Education, namely: Kagumo, Kibabii and Lugari TTCs.
“These students will be trained to deliver the CBC curriculum,” he said.
He pointed out that 90 per cent of the 2021 KCSE candidates who attained a mean grade of C + and above applied and were competitively placed, with 85 per cent of them getting Degree programmes and 5 per cent taking up courses in TVET Institutions.
