Only 22% of Kenyan university students are studying science and maths courses like Engineering and Architecture, Education CS said on Friday.
Speaking in Nakuru during the Technical University of Kenya Academic Conference, Matiang’i said it is unfortunate that many of Kenya’s university students are studying courses that cannot help the country turn around its economy.
Matiang’i said the developed countries like Japan and South Korea, a majority of its students study science courses to help their countries. “Our students should study sciences to help the country move forward. Students should not fear the hard courses at a time when countries are in an industrial stage,” he said.
The Education CS said university students here in Kenya are flooding the ‘soft courses’ in the humanity faculties.