Students who sat their KCSE examination terminal yr volition laid about applying for academy on Feb 6, 2019 till Feb 23, 2019.
This year, the selection together with placement volition farther survive extended to encompass colleges together with technical together with vocational institutions to cater for those who did non run into the academy cut-off mark.
Republic of Kenya Universities together with Colleges Central Placement Service primary executive officeholder John Muraguri yesterday said they stimulate got been preparing the required information to facilitate the selection process.
“We stimulate got completed the process. Next calendar week nosotros volition invite those eligible for selection to fill upwardly their preferred courses together with universities,” Muraguri told the Star past times phone.
The revision is expected to run through February, earlier KUCCPS starts placement.
Muraguri said students volition survive expected to study to their respective universities from August later the selection is over.
Like terminal year, students who scored a minimum grade of C+ inwards the KCSE examination volition survive eligible for placement inwards populace together with someone universities to pursue grade courses.
However, a pupil volition exclusively survive admitted to accept a course of instruction later attaining a minimum grade required inwards all the subjects.
The admission volition likewise survive on merit affirmative activity together with volition survive guided past times students choices.
Of the 660,204 who sat the 2018 KCSE exam, 90,377 attained C+ together with above.
This is 20,000 to a greater extent than students than the 70,073 that made it to academy terminal year.
Last year, the universities of Nairobi, Moi, JKUAT together with Kenyatta were amidst the most sought after. About lxx per cent of students who order academy cut-off marks.
Last year, colleges exclusively accounted for 553 students, who proceeded for higher educational activity to pursue state-funded diploma programmes against a capacity of 54,927.
Less than a quarter of the available 22,959 slots were taken upwardly for certificate courses.
Sources at the placement way said this year, the ministry building is pushing for sum accept upwardly of slots available at the Technical together with Vocational Education together with Training institutions.
With virtually 500,000 slots upwardly for the take, the ministry building says TVETs are cardinal to ensure 100 per cent transition from secondary to higher education.
However, the intake has been relatively slow, registering merely 75,000 candidates.
Big four
Speaking inwards an interview amongst the Star recently, Education CS Amina Mohamed said the ministry building plans to expand the institutions to adjust to a greater extent than students.
“The Big Four agenda runs on skills. Building, manufacturing together with agriculture all depend on skilled people to travel there. TVET is the response together with hence nosotros volition hold campaigning for increased enrollment,” she said.
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