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Why 1,269 is a significant number in Kenya

Shot of two graduates embracing each other on graduation day. [File, Standard]

The best news from university admissions for the 2018 KCSE candidates was not the number admitted, nor was it the new CS or the career choices of the star students. It was that some 1,269 candidates opted to join diploma programmes to study technical courses.

I would love to talk to this group of students. This would never have happened in the past when all students wanted to get into university irrespective of what they would study.

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