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| A screen grab from gradstate.com’s home page. The site provides students and parents the opportunity to get information on the courses on offer across a variety of universities and colleges. |
NAIROBI, KENYA: While doing background research for his business plan, Mr Alex Mureti found out that 33 per cent of university and college students selected their university and major based on what their parents told them.
Another 38 per cent made their choices on which courses to apply for based on what their friends were doing or said was a “good” course.
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