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There is still hope for KCSE poor performers

NAIROBI: There is still hope for candidates who did not meet the minimum grades to join university including those who scored an overall E in last year’s examinations, Education Cabinet Secretary Jacob Kaimenyi has said.

Out of the 483,630 candidates who sat the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examination, only 149,717 of them (or 30 per cent) attained an overall mean grade of C+ (plus) and above, the minimum to qualify for university education.

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