{"id":96,"date":"2016-01-27T14:58:47","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T22:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nakuruchildren.org\/?page_id=96"},"modified":"2016-01-28T11:53:33","modified_gmt":"2016-01-28T19:53:33","slug":"post-secondary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.nakuruchildren.org\/?page_id=96","title":{"rendered":"Post-Secondary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Post-Secondary Education in Kenya<\/strong><\/p>\n

A student\u2019s high school exit exams determine their options for post-secondary (college, university, vocational training) education.\u00a0 If they score high enough they will qualify for a government scholarship to a university, which cuts their fees in half.\u00a0 We have 46 students who have completed some type of post-secondary education, and over 50 who are currently in school.<\/p>\n

Because the unemployment rate in Kenya is over 50%, having just a high school diploma will not result in a job that will sustain them above a poverty level. Our prayer is that our graduates have the opportunity to excel and become productive Kenyan citizens who will then be able to give back to their own communities.<\/p>\n

Our most recent class of high school graduates (Class of 2015) is awaiting their HS exit exam scores.\u00a0 In November NCT provided a 2 day retreat in Longonot National Park<\/a> to help prepare these students for the coming choices and decisions they will need to make.\u00a0\u00a0Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

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Post-Secondary Education in Kenya A student\u2019s high school exit exams determine their options for post-secondary (college, university, vocational training) education.\u00a0 If they score high enough they will qualify for a government scholarship to a university, which cuts their fees in half.\u00a0 We have 46 students who have completed some type of post-secondary education, and over […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-96","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nakuruchildren.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nakuruchildren.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nakuruchildren.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nakuruchildren.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nakuruchildren.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.nakuruchildren.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116,"href":"http:\/\/www.nakuruchildren.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96\/revisions\/116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nakuruchildren.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}