Education Cabinet secretary Amina Mohamed has said that more than 500,000 students who did not attain the required grades to study degree and diploma courses be placed into technical and vocational centres.
The CS urged Kenya Universities and Colleges Placement Service (KUCCPS) to undertake the exercise to improve enrolment in the centres.
“More than 600,000 students sat 2017 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination and about 100,000 will join universities and colleges. More than half a million students are unaccounted for,” said Mohamed.
Speaking during the official launch of Technical and Vocational Education and Training Authority (TVETA) Strategic Plan 2018-2022 in Nairobi on Thursday, she termed the statistics as worrying adding that more than 400,000 pupils, who sat Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination the same year did not transit to secondary schools.
“The number is too high for unemployed youths hence a national security threat. Technical institutions are the only option for us to bridge this gap and equip our youths,” she said.