The kenya universities and colleges central placement services (KUCCPS), has directed anyone who sat KCSE exams between 2000-2021 to apply for intake in universities, TVETS, and TTCs of their choice through KUCCPS portal. they should however be guided by their eligibility ( click here to see eligibility).

Depending on what they scored at KCSE, the candidates are eligible for various degree, diploma, certificate and artisan courses at various universities and colleges.

KUCCPS has also completed the Preparations to place the first cohort of diploma teacher trainees into the country’s 32 public Teacher Training Colleges (TTCs).

The placement will be done through the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS).

According to KUCCPS Chief Executive Mercy Wahome, KUCCPS has designed a watertight automated system for admission, which will ensure all legible applicants, including those who will sit the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) in March, are placed.

She was speaking at a two-day sensitisation meeting with college principals at Thogoto Teachers Training College.

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It will be the first time KUCCPs will be placing students to TTCs following the Ministry of Education’s decision to mandate it with the responsibility.

Dr Wahome spelt out the roadmap for the admissions activity for the second batch of students who will join the institution to undergo training under the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC).

She said the crucial meeting – the first between KUCCPS and the Teachers Training Colleges (TTCs) – was a major step in the agency’s preparations for the selection of primary school teacher trainees.

“We wish to inform Kenyans that we are ready for the task,” she told participants at the forum.

‘‘Under the arrangement, all colleges will be required to upload their programmes and declare their capacities on the KUCCPS portal for students to apply,’’ Wahome said.

The next placement exercise will target secondary school leavers from the year 2000 to 2021.

Until last year, the Ministry of Education was responsible for recruiting students for admission to the public primary TTCs.

Ministry of Education Director General Elyas Abdi expressed confidence that KUCCPS would deliver on its task.

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At the workshop, principals and their deans of curriculum were sensitised on the KUCCPs mandate, how to navigate the KUCCPS portals, validation of courses and placement processes.

They were also shown how to upload programmes and capacities on the KUCCPS database, and sensitised on application processing and inter-institutional transfers.

Besides the Ministry of Education, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and Kenya Institute Curriculum Development (KICD) were the other education stakeholders represented in the meeting.

The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) wishes to announce that:

• The online application system for placement to universities and colleges under Government Sponsorship is now
  open until Thursday, June 2, 2022.
  • All the 2021 KCSE candidates who applied for courses at school and would wish to revise their choices are invited to
  do so. Those who did not apply at school can also submit their applications within the period.

What are the minimum requirements?

• The overall minimum entry requirement for Degree courses is a mean grade of C+.
  • The overall minimum entry requirement for Diploma courses is C- (minus); for Craft Certificate courses is D (plain); and for Artisan Certificate courses is E.

Who can apply?

• Application for degree courses is open only to the KCSE examination class of 2021 (applicants with C+ and above).
  • Form Four Leavers who sat the KCSE examination between the years 2000 and 2021 and have never been placed by
  KUCCPS are eligible to apply for courses at all levels except Degree. (i.e. they can only apply for courses offered in
  the TVET colleges)
  • Form Four Leavers who sat for KCSE between the years 2000 and 2021 and scored C (plain) and above are eligible
  to apply for placement to Primary Teacher Training Colleges (TTCs).
  • Application to Primary TTCs is also open to Kenyans who have done other courses but wish to train to become
  teachers, those with foreign qualifications and non-Kenyan citizens.

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Application Guidelines

• All applications must be submitted online through the KUCCPS Student’s Portal, students.kuccps.net.
• Application guidelines, available programmes, minimum subject requirements and applicants’ weighted cluster
points (cluster weights) are available on the portal.

How to Apply

1. Visit the KUCCPS website www.kuccps.ac.ke and click Student’s Portal tab.
   2. On the portal, click the Login tab.
   3. To log in, enter your KCSE Index Number, your KCSE year and your password. (Your password is your KCPE index
   number OR your birth certificate number.)

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4. Once logged in, view the available courses, universities and TVET colleges on the Programmes and Institutions
tabs. When you find the courses you want and qualify for, add them to the Basket or note down their programme
codes.
5. To apply, click Application/Revision and key in the programme codes in the provided form in the order or priori-
ty. (If you enter a code for a course you don’t qualify for, the system will reject it and you will have to enter a code
for another course. Repeat this until all codes are accepted).
6. Once the system has accepted all your programme codes, Submit.
7. To complete your submission, follow the payment procedures that will appear on your screen.
8. For detailed guidelines, download and read the Student’s Guide available on the portal under Downloads.

Application Support

Applicants who may need support are advised to visit our officers stationed in the Huduma Centres located in Nairobi
(GPO), Mombasa, Kisumu, Nyeri, Garissa, Kitui, Eldoret, Kakamega, Meru, Kitale, Thika, Isiolo, Narok, Laikipia and Nakuru,or any other Huduma Centre countrywide.

Advisory on Fraudulent Sites

Applicants are advised to beware of potentially fraudulent social media pages and websites providing false and misleading
information about the placement process. To verify information about the placement process, check the mainstream
media, KUCCPS website and the KUCCPS social media pages shown below:
Facebook: @the.placement.service | Twitter: @KUCCPS_Official (with a blue tick).

Kenya Universities and College Placement Services (KUCCPS) led by Chief Executive Officer,Agnes Mercy Wahome, has allowed the admission of students who scored a mean grade of C+ prior to the year 2016.
The move would also allow the studentsto benefit from funding like Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) and other government funds.
Prior to 2016,the Joint Admissions Board (JAB) which was succeeded by KUCCPS placed students who scored a mean grade of B (plain) to public universities and in other cases like disability or disadvantaged students were allowed to join universities with a mean grade of B (minus).

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This move made those who scored C (+) and were left out to join universities under the self-sponsored programmes while others opting to join Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions.
This move also disadvantaged those who scored C (+) but could not afford scr fees for self sponsored programmes.

The 831,026 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) 2021 candidates have until April 1 to apply for placement in universities and colleges under government sponsorship.

The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) opened the application window yesterday.

This comes two weeks to the Form Four national examination which starts on March14 and ends on April 1.

“This is to notify school principals that the portal is now open for the 2021 application. Submit KCSE candidates’ course choices by April 1, 2022,” reads a notice by KUCCPS.

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KUCCPS recently reviewed the application criteria that will see cut-off points for joining university pegged on available accommodation and government capitation.

Overall, students have 18 choices open to them when making applications. Out of these, are six options for degree courses, four for diploma programmes, and a similar number for craft certificate options. Another four options are available for artisan certificate courses.

For degrees, candidates are expected to list their preferred four courses in the order of priority. Choice number one has three slots for the same programme (in three different universities).

The two-month application window is a wake-up call to teachers and parents amid reports that some teachers failed to guide the students through the course selection process before exams over fears that some could not meet the required grades.

Teachers are expected to assist candidates in picking the courses so as to avoid making the common mistake of selecting high-ranking and competitive courses in top universities.

However, candidates will have a chance to do the first and second course revision after KCSE results are released.

The second revision will only be applicable to candidates who do not merit any of their preferred choices.

For students who fail to secure placement, they will not pay for the second revision. However, the application fee paid at first revision will be applicable during the second revision.

According to KUCCPs, students applying for placement for the first time in the second course revision window, will pay Sh1,500

Last week KUCCPS asked 95,757 students who sat KCSE between 2020 and 2021 and qualified for placement, but haven’t enrolled, to re-apply for courses.

KUCCPS Chief Executive Officer Agnes Mercy Wahome said those targeted are applicants for diploma, certificate and artisan courses.

Wahome said the government will sponsor all the students who will be successfully placed, including practicing professionals who wish to upgrade their skills by taking technical courses.

Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS), has reviewed Minimum entry requirements for degree courses and validation criteria for placement of students to universities. This decision is expected to increase the number of students qualified to join universities, though there is no significant expansion of infrastructural capacity of universities and colleges, and increase in government funding expected.

“It is my wish also that among other things, KUCCPS will consider cut-off points for joining universities to be based on available accommodation space and government capitation,” said University Education PS Simon Nabukwesi during the KUCCPS Stakeholders Forum for Validation of Placement Criteria for Degree courses.

According to Nabukwesi, the review was necessitated by introduction of new courses and dynamics in the job market.

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He said the education sector has experienced reforms and developments since the last review of degree placement criteria in 2017.

“The implementation of the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) has now taken off and it is time to align higher education and prepare it for CBC graduates,” said Nabukwesi.

The PS revealed that students in secondary schools will have to undergo a sensitisation programme for on selection of university courses based on their talents and competences.

“You identify talents in students and lead them to choose the courses that suit them best for right training. Many schools do not have the booklets and do not bother to look for them to guide the students,” he added.

KUCCPS Chief Executive Officer Mercy Wahome said the criteria will recognise areas such as agriculture and education where many students are disadvantaged by the minimum subject requirements to enroll in universities.

“The review augers well with the direction we are taking with the competency-based curriculum (CBC) because we are focusing on competences and talents of students in selection of courses,” said Wahome.

The review of selection criteria is also expected to address the clashes between professional bodies and the Commission for University Education (CUE) on minimum subject requirements to join universities.