Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba has revealed that the ministry will be maintaining the cut-off mark for universities at C+.
In reference to the released 2024 KCSE results, the number of students joining universities will increase by 46,000.
“This means that the universities are going to have more students because we are going to retain the C+ grade as the cutoff for admission to universities,” Ogamba stated.
The mean grade of C+ has been the standard cut-off point for joining public universities for years after the Ministry of Education dropped it from a mean grade of B- of 58 points for females and B of 60 points for males.
The clarification by CS Julius Ogamba comes barely three weeks after allegations that the Ministry was planning to raise the cut-off points to B-.
The 2024 KCSE candidates will form the third cohort of students under the new funding model.
Although the court termed the funding model unconstitutional, Ogamba has maintained that it will continue to be used, but with recommended amendments implemented by the Ministry of Education.
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