A section of school principals in Thika have blamed the numerous teacher strikes and expensive school fees for the overwhelming failure of students in the 2024 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations.
KCSE students are required to attain a minimum grade of C+ (plus) to be eligible for direct university admission. In the 2024 KCSE exams, a total of 712,537 students did not attain the minimum grade of C+ plus with only 246,391 securing direct university admission.
A figure that represents only 25.5 per cent.
While these students will be absorbed by TVETs, the question still begs, why do most of these students fail to attain the minimum direct university requirement?
