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Jobless Kenyan graduates troop to Finland to do technical courses

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A cohort of students during a Finnish language class in Eldoret before their departure to Universities and colleges in Finland in November 2022. [Stephen Rutto, Standard]

Kenyan students are flocking to Finland to pursue skills they hope will help them secure jobs.

Most of them are degree and diploma holders who failed to secure jobs locally. In Finland, they pursue courses that are hardly related to what they studied in Kenya.

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