CS Amina directs that those who failed to secure placement be given another month to apply afresh

Education Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed(left) and CEO Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) John Muraguri during the launch of the placement service 2017-2022 at KICD on 9/4/18-Beverlyne Musili,Standard

The agency in charge of university and college placements has been directed to find out the whereabouts of more than 500,000 students who were not selected to join public and private universities as well other colleges.

Some 606,394 students sat for last year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, only 62,851 attained the minimum university entry requirement of C+. This translates to 47 per cent of the 132,686 capacity in the country’s 65 public and private universities.