Kenya University admissions 2011- Why do so many students want to pursue science courses.

The Kenya University admissions 2011 intake is currently ongoing as the Joint admissions board (JAB), just recently announced the cut-off points. The cut off points for the male students was set at 63 points while the cut off points for female students was set at 61 points.  The revision dates for the courses have already passed and many candidates are waiting to see which university and course they have been selected to pursue. From the many questions that we have been receiving on this site, it is clear that many students are intent on pursuing the science courses.

While the desire for the science courses cannot be underestimated in any way, the blind pursuit for the science courses spells a dangerous trend. True, the country needs to industrialize fast, even earlier than 2030 if possible. And surely, we need scientists and engineers to help implement this change and growth. However, we still need other professionals to help us develop holistically. For instance, social science professionals are needed so as to know which socio-economic problems people face, so that the scientists can then develop an appropriate solution.

However, at the moment, brilliant A students are being discouraged from pursuing such courses since as some would like to say, ‘the courses are beneath them’. One may get all the As in the result slip but end up making a poor engineer/doctor if they don’t have the personality trait to match the profession. For instance, if one likes staying in doors and does not like the site of wires or circuits, it is unlikely that they will make a very good electrical engineer. A former minister of higher education had the audacity to say that the government should withdraw funding for the arts courses. Even as the Kenya University admissions 2011 intake is currently ongoing, it would help that there are as many arts professionals as there are science professionals. For we all know that the purpose of art is to upset whereas the purpose of science is to reassure, and therein lies the value of each.
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