Anxiety over varsity admissions programmes revision delays

Teachers, parents and students of Chebuyusi High School carry top students as they celebrate KCSE results after the school scored a mean grade of 8.9, the best in Navakholo sub-county in Kakamega. [Duncan Ocholla, Standard]

Panic has hit the government over the admission of 90,000 students who scored grade C+ and above in last year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) as reports emerged that the huge number would have serious budget implications.