Panic has hitting the regime over the admission of 90,000 students who scored grade C+ as well as higher upwards inwards concluding year’s Republic of Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) every bit reports emerged that the huge disclose would get got serious budget implications.
The revelations emerged every bit anxiety mounted over delayed telephone band past times Republic of Kenya Universities as well as Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) to students to revise course of study choices.
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Sources at the Ministry of Education revealed that the regime is facing an uphill chore over
admission of all qualified students, which has gone upwards compared to previous years.
All students who scored C+ as well as higher upwards inwards the concluding 2 years were placed inwards universities nether regime sponsorship. And this year, the regime is staring at a possible budget crisis every bit 20,000 additional students qualified for academy admission.
Last year, only 68,545 were admitted to the universities. Diploma colleges took inwards 57,488 with to a greater extent than or less 32,521 admitted to crafts as well as to a greater extent than or less other 4,898 enrolled inwards artisan programmes.
It emerged that the regime may component inwards additional Sh2 billion to acknowledge the expanded disclose of students.
Well placed sources at the Ministry of Education revealed that high-level consultations are underway with diverse options existence weighed; alongside them whether a novel cutting off betoken should live on set.
Also existence discussed is possibility of discontinuing the directive of President Uhuru Kenyatta to identify government-sponsored students to person universities.
Issuing the directive inwards 2016, President Uhuru said the motility would render a gamble for to a greater extent than students to pursue courses of their choice.
Uhuru ordered KUCCPS to identify to a greater extent than or less 10,000 students inwards person universities nether regime sponsorship.
Major setback
Private universities admitted 12,656 students concluding year. H5N1 contrary of the directive agency that nearly 4,000 students who transfer programmes across populace as well as person universities nether the Uhuru directive volition non get got the chance, setting a major setback on the presidents dream.
Last yr alone, to a greater extent than or less 3,720 transfers were registered, alongside them students leaving populace universities as well as enrolling inwards person universities nether same funding regime.
Details from Universities Funding Board (UFB) shows that competitiveness of programmes inwards person universities, strikes inwards populace universities, missing marks menace inwards populace institutions as well as advanced facilities inwards person universities prompted the volume transfers.
If regime stops placement to person universities, students could fille out on the benefits recorded for the showtime fourth dimension through students enhanced options.
School as well as College yesterday established that anxiety is edifice alongside students, with the delay to telephone band for courses revision causing unease inwards the higher instruction sector.
A tendency analysis of KUCCPS timelines for courses revision reveals that the agency is several days behind schedule, raising questions nearly the process.
A quick review of the timelines reveals that since 2016, KUCCPS has progressively moved the revision procedure before to the unloose of the examinations results.
In 2016, the portal was opened for showtime revision on Apr xi as well as shut Apr 30. In 2017, the portal for showtime revision was opened on Jan thirty as well as shut on Feb 17.
And concluding year, the portal was opened on Jan 24 as well as shut on Feb 14.
University Vice Chancellors who spoke to School as well as College said the institutions expected the portal to opened upwards before this year, given the steady tendency over the concluding iii years.
The evolution came every bit details of the most preferred courses past times students emerged.
Analysis of the placement information reveals that Bachelor of Education, which had a combined capacity of only 9,915 slots across all the universities, received a full application of 30,509 students.
Bachelor of Commerce, whose 6,949 full declared capacity past times universities was the instant most preferred programme inwards 2018.
The programme received a full of 24,495 applications. Bachelor of Pharmacy ranked tertiary inwards most sought programmes past times students inwards concluding years placement with 11,491 applications received to fill upwards up available 275.
Further details present that Bachelor of Arts, which had a full capacity of 3,050 spaces across all the universities, attracted 9,153 applications.
However, Bachelor of Quantity Surveying, which had a pocket-size full capacity of 115 slots across all the universities, attracted 8,334 applications closing the brusque listing of the most sought programmes inwards concluding year’s admission.
Other pop programmes that attracted to a greater extent than applications are Bachelor of Architectural studies, which had a full capacity of 136 but attracted to a greater extent than or less 7,208 applications.
Law attracted to a greater extent than or less 6,997 students, nevertheless the full capacity was only 690.
Bachelor of Science (electrical as well as electronics engineering), which had a full capacity of 335, received 3,821 applications. Bachelor of Engineering received 2,556 against an overall capacity of 363.
Bachelor of Medicine, with a capacity of 496, shut the operate past times 10 most pop programmes with 2,486 applications.
High admissions
Cooperative University admitted the highest disclose of students picked to study diploma as well as bird programmes.
The academy admitted 5,333 students. Of these, only 881 were bird students, with the remainder existence diploma. Technical University of Mombasa also admitted 3,275 students, existence the highest diploma admission.
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Overall, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture as well as Technology admitted 4,866 students, existence the highest disclose of bird students taken in.
Kenyatta University was instant with 4,667 students followed past times University of Nairobi with 4,540. Moi University admitted 3,865 every bit Maseno University took inwards 2,712 students as well as Mount Republic of Kenya University admitting 2,446.
Egerton University admitted 2, 328 students, Masinde Muliro of Science as well as Technology took inwards 2, 269 as well as Kabarak University admitted 2,181. Chuka University shut the operate past times 10 universities with high admissions of 2,107 students. Sumber https://chuonikenya.blogspot.com/
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