KUCCPS places 293,869 KCSE candidates, 202,133 to take degree programmes

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Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Migos Ogamba, who released the placement results on Wednesday, said 202,133 candidates secured admission to university degree programmes from the 270,508 students who attained the minimum university entry grade of C+ and above.

The remaining students were placed in diploma, craft certificate and artisan certificate programmes across tertiary institutions.

“A total of 293,869 students have been placed to degree, diploma level six, craft certificate level five and artisan certificate level four programmes across tertiary and higher education institutions,” Ogamba said.

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The Cabinet Secretary also announced that KUCCPS had extended the inter-institution transfer window from the usual two weeks to one month to give students more time to change their placements where necessary.

“In order to allow adequate time and opportunity for such transfers this year, we will be extending the transfer window from the normal two weeks to one month,” he said.

Among the institutions receiving students, 28,246 were placed at the Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC), 500 secured places in the diploma programme at the Kenya School of Law, 765 joined the Kenya Utalii College, while 875 were placed in secondary teacher training colleges.

Students can access their placement results through the KUCCPS student portal and via SMS.

University administrators said they were ready to admit the new cohort but cautioned that funding uncertainties remain a major concern.

Chairperson of the Vice Chancellors Committee of Public Universities, Prof. Daniel Mugendi, said institutions were prepared to receive students but warned that delayed disbursement of funds could affect operations.

📰 Source: Capital FM Kenya

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