More than 700,000 students who sat last year's Form Four examination will miss out on university placement after falling short of the required entry mark of grade C plus and above.
Data from the Kenya National Examination Council (Knec) shows that only 246,391 attained the entry points out of the 962,512 candidates who took the examination and received their results.
This now means that the students have been left with the option to enrol in diploma and certificate courses.
In the KCSE exams, 1,693 candidates scored the top grade of A, a significant increase from the 1,216 in 2023. Other top results included 7,743 scoring A minus, 19,150 with B plus, 43,120 achieving B plain, 75,347 scoring B minus, and 99,338 with C plus, marking the number of students who met the university entry mark.
