The Kenya Universities and Colleges Placement Service (KUCCPS) has announced the addition of new highly competitive courses to its application portal during the ongoing course revision period.

🇰🇪 Breaking It Down

Speaking during the second KUCCPS webinar on Wednesday, May 20, KUCCPS director for Placement and Career Development John Oluoch announced that some highly competitive courses have been added back to the portal, giving students who had initially missed placement to the courses another chance to apply.

"But I also need to clarify that you could check, maybe there are new programmes recently approved and have been uploaded into the system, so they might not necessarily be filled up," Oluoch stated.

"Like, there is a public university with a programme with a branch of engineering, so you can check," he added, notifying applicants to check and apply.

📌 What You Need to Know

The development comes amid concerns from students who were unable to find some programmes on the portal, questioning why the programmes were not available during the period of revision.

The placement service had initially removed the courses from the porta l during the revision period, after it noted that the courses had been filled up.

Among the programmes affected are nursing, medicine, pharmacy, and engineering courses that traditionally attract the highest number of applicants.

The silent reintroduction of the courses now means students who did not get placement in the courses and had applied for them can get another chance and try their luck this time around.

The placement agency also noted that not all highly competitive courses have been reintroduced. Some courses have been filled up completely, and students who did not get placement are urged to apply for other courses even as the timeline nears.

"If you are not able to view a programme when you search by institution or name during the revision period, you know those programmes have been filled up, and once they are filled up, we archive them," Oluoch said.

📰 Source: Kenyans.co.ke