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Shock of 700,000 students who missed university entry mark

Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba (right), Principal Secretaries Belio Kipsang and Beatrice Inyangala during the release of the 2024 KCSE examination results at Mtihani House, Nairobi, on January 9, 2025. [Kanyiri Wahito Standard]

It has now emerged that over 700,000 students who sat the 2024 KCSE exams missed the university entry mark of grade C+(Plus) and above.

Data from the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) shows that only 246,391 attained the university entry points out of the 962,512 candidates who sat for the examinations.

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