KUCCPS Advise To 2022 KCSE Candidates As Portal Close
Tomorrow is the deadline for the first round of college and university applications, and calls are being made for Kenyan youngsters who did not meet the requirements for degree programmes to enrol in technical and vocational training programmes.
The minimum entry grade for degree programmes is C+, and 19.9% (173,127) of the 869,782 candidates who took the 2022 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination achieved that mark or above.
The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) is advising the remaining 696,655 (80.1%) students who received grades between C and E to take advantage of the options for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) that are available.
According to Dr. Agnes Mercy Wahome, the chief executive officer of KUCCPS, this would not only give thousands of young people a road to higher education, but it will also lessen waste.For instance, just 13% of the 7,889 applicants who took the 2022 KCSE exam in Turkana County received a C+ or higher. According to the CEO of KUCCPS, the remainder (87%) received grades in the range of C to E.
The students who received a D- or an E can join in certificate and artisan programmes at TVET institutions in Lodwar. During an open day at Turkana University College on May 29, she added, “They can later take diploma studies there.
She expressed worry that some Form Four graduates who had received the required C+ grade for admission to a university had chosen to go fishing in Lake Turkana as opposed to continuing their studies.
She asked teachers to get in touch with their former students and encourage them to apply for courses through the KUCCPS site, noting that every student had the chance to advance their studies regardless of their grade.
He continued, “We must give our kids essential skills if we are to realise our agenda for Agriculture, MSME Economy, Housing, Healthcare, the Digital Superhighway, and Creative Economy.
The purpose of KUCCPS is to coordinate the admission of students to universities and colleges, to disseminate information about the courses that are offered, their costs, and the government-prioritized fields of study, to gather and store information about student placement, and to create career guidance programmes for the benefit of students.
Students are placed by KUCCPS at all levels, including artisan, craft, diploma, and degree. A secondary school graduate with any KCSE mean grade can log onto the site and pick a course that fits their grade level.
The KUCCPS website or the KUCCPS Students App, both of which are available on the Google Playstore, both provide access to the portal.
The placement of students in universities and TVET institutions will be separated from funding beginning with this year’s intake, which means that students will apply for funding once the placement procedure is over.
