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List of KUCCPS university courses rejected by the 2020/2021 undergraduate students

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It has emerged that the 2019 KCSE candidates gave close to 20 university courses a wide berth during the just concluded 2020/2021 students’ selection process by the Kenya universities and Colleges Central Placement Service, KUCCPS. No single student selected these courses that have a total declared capacity of 940. The courses may have been distasteful to the prospective freshers as they are possibly unmarketable and with very low absorption rates in the job market.

Egerton university is the most hit after eight courses offered at the institution were rejected by the students. The 8 courses have a total declared capacity of 280. A total of 10 universities were affected (see table below).

Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha has since directed the Universities offering the rejected programmes to establish why they are not attractive and implement corrective measures.

In the 2019 KCSE examination, 689,007 Kenyan citizen candidates were successfully
examined. Of these, 125,463 attained mean grades of C+ and above, hence were eligible
for placement to university as Government-sponsored students. The remaining 563,544
were eligible for placement to TVET programmes at Diploma, Craft Certificate and Artisan
Certificate levels.

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With regard to available capacities, universities declared 145,129 vacancies for Government sponsored students, while TVET Institutions declared 276,163.
Following the successful completion of the placement process, 122,831 candidates have
secured placement to degree courses in universities while 88,724 got placed in TVET
institutions. Of those placed in TVET, 53,726 will be admitted to Diploma; 29,112 to Craft
Certificate and 5,886 to Artisan Certificate courses.

SOME STUDENTS OPT TO JOIN TVETs INSTEAD OF UNIVERSITIES

Data from the placement agency shows that 2,632 candidates who scored C+ and above in the 2019 KCSE examination and qualified for placement to Degree programmes opted for
Diploma courses in TVET institutions, and were placed appropriately. This number has been
growing over time. In 2019, the number was 1,269.

This year’s placement data indicates that of the 122,831 applicants placed to Degree
courses, 66,661 (54.27%) will join Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
(STEM) programmes, which are critical for producing skilled workforce required for the
attainment of the “Big Four” Agenda. The remaining 56,170 (45.73%) have been placed to
Arts and Humanities.
Of the applicants placed to STEM, 42,267 (63.41%) are male while 24,394 (36.59%) are
female.

S/NO UNIVERSITY NAME PROGRAMME NAME CAPACITY
1 EGERTON UNIVERSITY  BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (RENEWABLE ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY) 120
2 KENYA HIGHLANDS EVANGELICAL UNIVERSITY BACHELOR OF ARTS IN PASTORAL THEOLOGY 100
3 AFRICA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP 60
4 AFRICA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BNACHELOR OF THEORY 60
5 KARATINA UNIVERSITY BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN AQUACULTURE AND FISHERIES TECHNOLOGY 60
6 LAIKIPIA UNIVERSITY BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (UTILIZATION & SUSTAINABILITY OF ARID LANDS, USAL) 60
7 MAASAI MARA UNIVERSITY BACHELOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES (BIOLOGY & HEALTH) 60
8 INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP UNIVERSITY BACHELOR OF ARTS IN COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY 50
9 KARATINA UNIVERSITY BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN HUMAN NUTRITION AND DIATETICS 50
10 MAASAI MARA UNIVERSITY BACHELOR OF AGRIBUSINESS MANAGEMENT 50
12 MAASAI MARA UNIVERSITY BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (BOTANY) 50
13 EGERTON UNIVERSITY BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN DRY LAND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 40
14 KENYATTA UNIVERSITY BACHELOR OF SCIENCE HORTICULTURE 40
15 EGERTON UNIVERSITY BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (ENERGY TECHNOLOGY) 20
16 EGERTON UNIVERSITY  BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY 20
17 EGERTON UNIVERSITY BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY IN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION 20
18 EGERTON UNIVERSITY BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 20
19 EGERTON UNIVERSITY BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY IN MEDICAL ENGINEERING 20
20 EGERTON UNIVERSITY BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY IN RENEWABLE ENERGY 20
21 KENYA ASSEMBLIES OF GOD EAST UNIVERSITY BA IN CHURCH EDUCATIONAL MINISTRIES 20
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2020-2021 KUCCPS ADMISSION LETTERS: DOWNLOAD NOW

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Did you know that is is very easy for you to download KUCCPS admission letters for the 2020-2021 academic year? Well, you can download KUCCPS admission letters for the 2019 KCSE students per university. These letters provide you with full details on joining instructions. Other details that you get on these letters are fees and accommodation details.

You are also provided with acceptance letters and other forms. You are supposed to fill the forms and return them to your university.

For you to download your KUCCPS admission letter, all that you need is your application ref or admission number. You will receive your ref no through SMS. For the admission number, check on the admission lists on university website or KUCCPS student portal. Proceed to the specific university’s student portal and log in by providing your admission no. Use your KCSE index number or ID No as password.

JKUAT ADMISSION LETTERS

For instance, to download JKUAT admission letters, just access the KUCCPS Admission Letters link at https://admission.jkuat.ac.ke/checkadmssion. Then, enter your KCSE Index Number and click on ‘Confirm Your Admission Letter’. (Your Index Number should contain your Exam Year e.g 12345678910/2019). Locate the Admission Letter download tab and click on it to download it. Print the Admission letter and read the instructions keenly. In case you have queries, please direct them to the University by using the official (provided) contacts on your admission letter.

THE UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI (UON) ADMISSION LETTER

To download the University of Nairobi (UON) Admission letter;

  1. Access the KUCCPS Admission Letters Link at https://smis.uonbi.ac.ke/
  2. Type your Student Registration Number in the ‘Registration Number’ Box.
  3. For the Password,  Use your National ID / Passport No. or KCSE Index No. or Registered Mobile No. as your initial password. Then, click on ‘Log In’.
  4. Locate the Admission Letter download tab and click on it to download it.
  5. Print the Admission letter and read the instructions keenly. In case you have queries, please direct them to the University by using the official (provided) contacts on your admission letter.
HOW TO DOWNLOAD THE MASENO UNIVERSITY ADMISSION LETTER

To download the Maseno University (MSU) Admission letter;

  1. Access the KUCCPS Admission Letters Link at http://maseno.ac.ke/application/JAB_Admission_login.php
  2. Enter your KCSE Index Number
  3. Locate the Admission Letter download tab and click on it to download it.
  4. Print the Admission letter and read the instructions keenly. In case you have queries, please direct them to the University by using the official (provided) contacts on your admission letter.

Quite simple I tell you. Visit this link for all letters per university.

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How to download KUCCPS admission letters for 2020/2021 placement

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Students who applied for placement at universities and colleges via the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) can check their placement results. This can be done immediately after the announcement of the results.
you can get your admission results by using the KUCCPS student online portal or via SMS.
GETTING YOUR KUCCPS RESULTS THROUGH ONLINE PORTAL
One of the surest ways of checking your admission results is by using the KUCCPS online portal.
Proceed to use the procedure below to check your placement results;
  • Visit: http://students.kuccps.net/
  • Login with your details as follows;
  • Username: (Use your full Index Number)
  • Year: (2019)
  • Password: (Use your Birth Certificate Number or KCPE index number)

After login you should see a box at the bottom of your dashboard, first page, with a message that reads

Congratulations, followed by a university you have been placed then finally the course you will pursue.

You can as well download your admission letter from this portal.

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SMS NOTIFICATION

KUCCPS also sends an SMS to the phone number that you registered under your details in the student portal. The SMS contains your placement details and is sent once the placement results have been announced. Ensure that your line is on so as to receive the results.

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KUCCPS students’ admission lists and letters news

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The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) has completed the process of placing students into universities, colleges and TVETs for the the 2020/2021 academic year. Students can now receive their admission results and then admission letters. If you are not satisfied with the universities that they have been placed can apply for inter-institution transfer through the KUCCPS student portal.

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Following the 2019 KCSE examination, the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) provided results for 689,007 Kenyan citizen candidates for placement. An analysis of the results indicated that 125,463 were eligible for placement to degree programmes and 563,544 were eligible for placement to TVET courses at diploma, craft certificate and artisan certificate levels. Four thousand, eight hundred and twenty three (4,823) were registered as non-Kenyan citizens, hence were not eligible for Kenya Government sponsorship.

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The 2020/2021 placement cycle entailed four main activities, namely the, Update and Validation of Institutional and Programme Capacities, School/Centre Application, Revision of Choices and Application Processing.

Update and Validation of Institution/Programme Capacities

The Placement Service enabled the universities and colleges admitting Government-sponsored students to access the placement system through the Institution’s Portal and update the list of the programmes and capacities available for student placement. Thereafter, the Placement Service validated the programmes with the Commission for University Education (CUE) and the TVET Authority (TVETA) – the regulators – to ensure that the programmes and the institutions are duly accredited, and that the numbers provided for admission are within the limits allowed by the regulators.

During the 2020/2021 placement cycle, 145,129 degree and 276,163 TVET programme vacancies were provided for placement.

School/Centre Application

The School/Centre Application marked the beginning of the placement process. The Placement Service invited principals of secondary schools with registered KCSE examination candidates to collect, collate and submit the candidates’ course choices/preferences.

During the School Application, 2,228 of the 10,289 registered schools/examination centres submitted their candidates’ choices/preferences, which translates to 21.65%. The Placement Board is concerned about this low participation of schools at this important step of the placement process.

To address this concern, the Board recommends to the Ministry of Education to consider issuing a policy guideline to all schools, especially those with candidates eligible for placement to TVET institutions, to ensure that they submit the applications on behalf of their KCSE candidates for university and TVET placement.

Following the School/Centre Application and the release of the KCSE results, the revision of choices was conducted in two phases.

The First Revision of Choices

The First Revision, which opened from February to March, was meant to give the students an opportunity to make better informed choices given that they had their KCSE results. Therefore, at that point, they were in a position to consider how their performance compared to the requirements of their desired courses. In addition, having left the school environment and having been exposed to some of the careers of their interest, they could benefit from the exposure in making their career choices.

All the 2019 secondary school graduates were given an opportunity to make changes to their choices from the School Application or to submit their preferences if they had not. Eligible candidates from previous years were also enabled to apply for TVET programmes.

At the same time, the Placement Service rolled out nationwide application support
and guidance to applicants by deploying its officers to 34 learning institutions
designated as application/revision centres. In addition, applicants were offered  support in 11 Huduma Centres that host KUCCPS Service Desks. This was preceded by a public sensitisation campaign through the mainstream print media, online platforms and community radio stations.

Following the processing of applications after the First Revision of Choices, applicants who were unable to secure their choices due to competition in the programmes they preferred were invited for the Second Revision of Choices.

The Second Revision of Choices

The Second Revision of Choices took place in April. During the period, the Placement Service invited the applicants who did not secure a course after the First Revision of Choices, through the mass media, SMS and online platforms, to submit fresh lists of their preferred courses selected from programmes with unfilled capacities.

Despite the prevailing public restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Placement Service successfully presided over this exercise, taking advantage of digital communication technologies to offer support and guidance to the applicants remotely. Applicants who merited at this stage were successfully placed to courses of their choice.

Final Placement Application Processing

The final application processing and approvals were undertaken after the conclusion of the Second Revision of Choices. At this stage, the Placement Service ensured that all the eligible 2019 KCSE candidates who qualified for degree and TVET programmes and successfully submitted applications got university and college places on merit. Eligible applicants from previous KCSE years who qualified were also placed to TVET programmes. Affirmative Action was applied for applicants from marginalised regions, persons with disability and gender in accordance with the Placement Policy.

Final Observations

From the just-concluded student placement process, the following observations were made:

  •  Many secondary schools or KCSE examination centres fail to submit applications for courses on behalf of their candidates, yet this is a critical first step towards the envisaged 100% transition from secondary to higher education. A policy intervention, already alluded to, is necessary to address this.
  • Low uptake of TVET courses persists, despite infrastructural expansion and other investment in the institutions. TVET institutions declared 276,163 capacities for diploma, craft certificate and artisan certificate courses and 88,724 applicants were placed, translating to 32% of the capacity.
  • Applicants who were unable to get the courses of their choice in the institutions they preferred were placed in similar courses in alternative institutions and in programmes that did not attract at least a reasonable percentage of students. This secured Government sponsorship for 43,817 applicants who would have missed it otherwise.
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2020/ 2021 KUCCPS placement results for KCSE 2019 candidates

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The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) is set to release the placement results for the 2019 KCSE candidates on Tuesday. According to the agency, the placement process is complete and applicants will receive their results on Tuesday.

“Hello, placement process is complete, you will get to know your placement status tomorrow. Check your student portal for feedback.” noted KUCCPS on Monday evening in a response to a query on the status of the placement process.

This year’s release of the results have been delayed seemingly due to the current covid 19 pandemic. KUCCPS released placement results for the 2018 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, KCSE, students on the 15th of April, 2019. A total of 89,486 students were placed to degree programmes in public and private universities. While TVET programmes (diploma, craft certificate and artisan certificate) took up a total of 98,393.

Placement results are conveyed to students via SMS. The students can also visit the Official KUCCPS student’s portal.

The 125,449 candidates who sat for their KCSE in 2019 and scored grade C+ (plus) and above will all be placed against the available capacity of 193,878. Another 688,928 students qualified for placement at tertiary institutions under government sponsorship. Similarly, a total of 563,479 students who scored between C and E and will be receiving their placement results at Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions.

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KUCCPS to open portal for KCSE candidates to make applications for courses

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Are you a Kenya Certificate of Secondary Exams, KCSE, holder who has not yet enrolled into a Technical and Vocational Education and Training, TVET, college? Did you miss the last placement to diploma, certificate and artisan courses?

The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) is once again inviting you to apply for a TVET course of your choice in National Polytechnics, Technical Training Institutes or other Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions.

Application Timelines

The online application system will open from Thursday, October 15, 2020 to Thursday, November 5, 2020 for the TVET Continuous Placement to Diploma, Certificate and Artisan courses.

Requirements

The minimum requirements are:

  1. Mean Grade of D – (minus) and below for Artisan Certificate Courses
  2. Mean Grade of D (plain) and above for Craft Certificate Courses; and
  3. Mean Grade of C – (Minus) and above for Diploma Courses.
Eligible Candidates

All KCSE certificate holders who have not benefited from Government sponsorship before are eligible to apply where they meet the minimum requirements, whichever year one did the KCSE examination.

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How to Apply

All applications must be done online through the Student’s Portal accessible via the Placement Service website www.kuccps.ac.ke.

The application procedure, available TVET courses and their requirements, a list of Government institutions sponsored under the Ministry of Education and other relevant information are available on the Student’s portal.

Application support will be provided through the Huduma Centres in Nairobi (GPO and Makadara), Mombasa, Kisumu, Nyeri, Garissa, Kitui, Eldoret, Kakamega, Meru and Nakuru, subject to social distancing and hygiene measures put in place in the respective Huduma Centres.

In addition, the Placement Service will continuously provide support through its official digital platforms.

For more information, visit the Placement Service website www.kuccps.ac.ke or call them on 020 5137400, 0723954927 or 0734879662.

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2020/ 2021 KUCCPS placement news: Here is a warning to 2019 KCSE candidates

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As 2019 KCSE students anxiously wait for their 2020/ 2021 universities and colleges’ placement results, the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service, KUCCPS, has come out to issue a warning concerning fake news being peddled. The placement agency is warning prospective candidates about supposedly fake news on the 2020/ 2021 placement results and admission letters.

“Not everything you read online is true. Beware of fake news,” warns the agency.

“Following the end of the revision of choices, applicants are urged to be patient as the final steps of the placement process get underway. Meanwhile, they are encouraged to monitor their portals for updates,” KUCCPS adds.

Most students are already getting impatient and scammers and even cons may take advantage of the situation.

Read also; The KUCCPS portal and website for applying and checking of university, colleges & polytechnic courses

A request on the placement processing status was met with this response from KUCCPS; “Hello, we have not yet completed the placement process.We will notify the applicants of their placement results via the contacts they provided on the KUCCPS student portal.’

2019 placement results

By around this time, last year, the agency would have released the results. But, the delay this year is attributed to the current covid-19 pandemic that has caused paralysis in most sectors; including education.

KUCCPS released the placement results for the 2018 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, KCSE, students on the 15th of April, 2019. A total of 89,486 students were placed to degree programmes in public and private universities. While TVET programmes (diploma, craft certificate and artisan certificate) took up a total of 98,393.

Placement results are conveyed to students via SMS. The students can also visit the Official KUCCPS student’s portal.

The agency closed the portal for second revision of programmes on Friday, April 17, 2020 at 12 noon. Sources privy to the placement process indicate that results are almost ready and students will indeed receive their results in due course.

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Kuccps to offer free training for teachers

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Are you a teacher in charge of career guidance? To effectively perform this role, it is important for you to understand the process through which students are selected for government sponsorship to universities and colleges.

If your school is located in West Pokot, Marsabit, Samburu, Wajir, Isiolo, Mandera, Kwale, Tana River, Garissa, Taita Taveta, Kilifi, Lamu, Narok, Homa Bay, Kisumu, Makueni and Nyamira counties, the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) is giving you a  chance to participate in an online career guidance workshop for teachers.

The event will take place online on Friday, March 26, 2021 at 10.30am via Google Hangouts.

To participate, forward the name of your school, name of county where the school is located, name of the career teacher(s) attending, and the teachers’ email addresses (Gmail) and phone numbers to careerguidance@kuccps.ac.ke.

Participation is free of charge. Do not miss!

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2020/2021 KUCCPS first year admission lists and letters for all universities

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You must have secured a chance to study a course of your choice at university during the 2020/2021 KUCCPS placement. Well, congratulations for this achievement and we wish you well in your next level of studies. Now, the next concern you may be having is how to get/ download your university admission letter. Worry not. All is in course and you will indeed get your admission letter. For details on university admission letters, click here.

To see how to download your admission letter, click the links to the various universities below (links to all universities have been provided abd they have been arranged in alphabetical order for ease of search):