Primary School is the end of education for many students in Kenya

Thousands of students who sat for the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education last year are set to miss Form One places. Some 241,121students or 33 per cent, who sat the national examinations will now be forced join village and other youth polytechnics to advance their education. Read more http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/838422/-/vosqj1/-/index.html

46,000 students qualify but miss places in Public University 2006

More than 46,000 KCSE candidates in 2006 who scored the minimum qualification for university admission will miss places at public institutions. The Joint Admissions Board (JAB) met on Tuesday at Kakamega's Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology and declared that only 16,151 of the 62,853 qualifiers would be admitted to the seven public universities and the colleges for this academic year. Read more http://allafrica.com/stories/200804081128.html

60,000 qualifiers of the 2008 KCSE will miss admission in public universities.

More than 60,000 qualifiers of the 2008 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examinations will miss admission to public universities. Education minister Sam Ongeri said 72,679 candidates attained a mean grade of C+ and above, the minimum a candidate requires to be eligible for university entry. Read more http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/541572/-/u328vs/-/index.html

Urban Violence in Kenya.

Criminal youth gangs are increasingly becoming a growing phenomenon in the city. The largest proportion of crime in Kenya is committed by youths, and over 50 per cent of convicted prisoners in the country are aged between 16 and 25 years. This makes it imperative to address youth crime as a special focus of crime prevention strategy. Read more http://www.unhabitat.org/downloads/docs/5204_47267_Bk%208.pdf