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Away with your Mickey Mouse degrees, students tell universities

Students from the Technical University of Mombasa (TUM) while on strike

Students are increasingly becoming selective in their choices of degrees and where they want to study them.

Data from the Kenya Universities and Colleges Placement Services (KUCPS) show that many students are not interested in joining some universities, even when such institutions are located in their home regions.

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