Open in app Sign up Sign in Write Sign up Sign in ![\\"\\"](\\" # FALSE: This post greatly exaggerates the number of Kenyan students who qualified for university placement ## The post claims that 200,000 students would miss university places, but those who actually attained the required grade were 125,643 ![\\"PesaCheck\\"](\\" ![\\"PesaCheck\\"](\\" PesaCheck · Follow Published in PesaCheck · 3 min read · Jun 5, 2020 \-- Listen Share ![\\"\\"](\\" A Facebook post claiming that over 200,000 students who scored grade C+ and above in the 2019 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education have failed to secure government-sponsored university admission is FALSE. ![\\"\\"](\\" A total of 689,007 sat KCSE in 2019, out of whom 125,643 attained grade C+ and above, the minimum university entry grade in the country. On June 3, Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha announced that the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Services will place 122,831 students on government-sponsored degree courses of the 125,463 who qualified. Prof. Magoha added that another 88,724 candidates were placed under the Technical and Vocational Education Training programs. The figure includes 2,632 students who, despite qualifying for degree placement, opted to join TVET institutions. Those joining the TVET institutions will be admitted for diploma, craft certificate, and artisan certificate courses. PesaCheck has looked into the claim that over 200,000 KCSE 2019 students who scored grade C+ have failed to secure government-sponsored university admission and finds it to be FALSE. This post is part of an ongoing series of PesaCheck fact-checks examining content marked as _potential misinformation_ on Facebook and other social media platforms. By partnering with Facebook and similar social media platforms, third-party fact-checking organisations like PesaCheck are helping to sort fact from fiction. We do this by giving the public deeper insight and context to posts they see in their social media feeds. Have you spotted what you think is fake news or false information on Facebook? Here’s how you can report. And, here’s more information on PesaCheck’s methodology for fact-checking questionable content. ![\\"\\"](\\" This fact-check was written by PesaCheck Fact-Checker _James Okong’o_ and edited by PesaCheck Deputy Editor _Enock Nyariki_ _._ The article was approved for publication by PesaCheck Managing Editor _Eric Mugendi_. ![\\"\\"](\\" PesaCheck is East Africa’s first public finance fact-checking initiative. It was co-founded by _Catherine Gicheru_ and _Justin Arenstein_, and is being incubated by the continent’s largest civic technology and data journalism accelerator: _Code for Africa_. It seeks to help the public separate fact from fiction in public pronouncements about the numbers that shape our world, with a special emphasis on pronouncements about public finances that shape government’s delivery of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) public services, such as healthcare, rural development and access to water/sanitation. _PesaCheck_also tests the accuracy of media reportage. To find out more about the project, visit ___pesacheck.org_ _._ ![\\"\\"](\\" Follow Us ![\\"\\"](\\" Like Us ![\\"\\"](\\" Email Us PesaCheck is a joint initiative of _Code for Africa_, through its _innovateAFRICA fund_, with additional funding support from the _International Budget Partnership (Kenya)_ and _Twaweza_, in partnership with a coalition of local media organisations, and the _International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)_. ![](\\" ## Sign up to discover human stories that deepen your understanding of the world. ## Free Distraction-free reading. No ads. Organize your knowledge with lists and highlights. Tell your story. Find your audience. Sign up for free ## Membership Read member-only stories Support writers you read most Earn money for your writing Listen to audio narrations Read offline with the Medium app Try for $5/month Kcse Kenya University \-- \-- ![\\"PesaCheck\\"](\\" ![\\"PesaCheck\\"](\\" Follow ## Written by PesaCheck 5.8K Followers ·Editor for PesaCheck Are they lying? Kenya’s 1st fact-checking initiative verifies statements by public figures. A @Code4Kenya and @IBP_Kenya initiative, supported by @Code4Africa. Follow Help Status About Careers Press Blog Privacy Terms Text to speech Teams
200000 students with C and above have not been admitted to university