By Reporter
An education expo featuring 32 universities from across the globe will be held next week to cater for mainly over 50,000 KCSE students who missed local public university applications this year.
According to the Kenya Universities and Colleges Placement Services (KUCCPS), it was recently disclosed that a total of 212,510 out of 268,714 students who attained a mean grade of C+ and above in the 2025 KCSE examinations have so far applied for various courses.
It means nearly a quarter of those who qualified did not have the desire to study locally or were time-barred and could not meet the deadline for applications.
Significantly, some of the courses attracting some students are not offered in the country, especially at a time when Artificial Intelligence training is in top demand.
“This coming Expo at Sankara Hotel in Nairobi is partly an answer to this gap,” says the Imperial Education Consultants Director, Mohammed Karama.
He noted that other than the fact that students and parents are able to meet directly with officials from the universities in person, it will also be free of charge.
“At IEC we link students with over 400 universities across 20 countries and we make sure our people get the very best of their choices,” he said during a dinner for Constructor University expo at a Nairobi hotel.
According to the Constructor University Regional Representative, Terry Muriungi, the university is particularly for Kenyan students because classes are taught in English.
“Many think that for you to study in Germany you have to first learn German. That is not true,” she said whilst addressing guidance and counselling teachers at a Nairobi hotel yesterday.
Present at the function was Castro Tsuma, who bore witness to the fact that studying in Germany was a great experience for him, especially at Constructor, where he is also able to work in between studies.
“The people in Germany are good and very friendly and I get to work when I am not in class, earning some money for my use,” said the former St Mary School student, who is currently pursuing a degree in Information Technology.
Notably, a good number of the universities have scholarships for bright students, easing the financial burden on the parents.
IEC Nairobi Manager Marthad Said Ali told the teachers that the institution not only caters for linkages with international universities but also offers the language and science tests required for visa application.
“Our TVETA accreditation is on the way and we are already offering these crucial courses that enable successful visa applications,” he said.
The institution based in Parklands, Nairobi, today links East African students to the UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Germany, UAE, Malaysia, Switzerland, Spain, Mauritius, Turkey and India.
Mr Karama is happy to have initiated the programme after himself experiencing world-class university education in Malaysia with a partial scholarship from Jaffer Foundation in Mombasa.
Recently, IEC has penetrated Southern African countries, including Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique.
The Study Abroad Expo will be held at Sankara Hotel from 10 am to evening on September 19 and will be followed by another on September 22 in Mombasa at Bliss Resort, Nyali.
