Students awaiting admission to universities, TVET institutions, and colleges will now be subjected to new procedures to pursue courses of their choice.
Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu said that admission conditions for students have been changed to allow more students to study their chosen courses.
"In a departure from tradition, this is the first KCSE examination results to be released under a new grading structure that was implemented in the 2023 KCSE examination. The reviewed grading system was approved by the Council as per Council Resolution No. 2/C 18th September/ 2023/1," Machogu announced.
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The overall grade of KCSE results under the system has considered Mathematics, the top performing language subject among English/Kiswahili/Kenyan Sign Language and the best performing five disciplines.
"The new reform measure will allow a larger number of students to pursue courses of their choice at the universities, Diploma and TVET training at Certificate and Artisan levels than was previously when the grading was more restrictive," Machogu added.
The CS stated that the measure is intended to ensure that candidates have mandatory literacy (English or Kiswahili) and numeracy (mathematics) abilities in order to pursue professions in TVET institutions, universities, and colleges.
Machogu urged the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) and universities to align their 15 cluster points and entry standards with the new changes to avoid disadvantage.
"Additionally, I direct KUCCPS to mount a robust career awareness campaign among the 2023 KCSE candidates to ensure all students understand the new TVET and universities entry requirements under the Higher Education Funding Model launched last year," he said.
