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Kabarak

Funding crisis looms as more learners qualify for university

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Kabarak High School students celebrate after the release of 2025 KCSE results with some of their top students at the institution on January 9, 2026. 

Photo credit: Boniface Mwangi | Nation Media Group

By  Mercy Simiyu

Correspondent

Kenya’s university funding system is facing unprecedented strain following a record surge in students qualifying for higher education.

Data shows that 270,715 candidates scored C+ and above in the 2025 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations, making them eligible for university admission. This figure far exceeds earlier projections and marks a sharp rise from the 246,000 qualifiers in 2024 and 201,000 in 2023.

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