The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Services (KUCCPS) on Saturday, July 22 announced that students seeking to join the Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) can now apply through its portal.
In a press statement, KUCCPS Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. Mercy Wahome said the KUCCPS portal is open, with 30 KMTC programmes available for application.
“The programmes, which are at diploma and certificate levels, include community health nursing, mental health and psychiatry, midwifery, radiography and imaging, medical laboratory sciences, occupational therapy, optometry, pharmacy, physiotherapy and public health, among others,” said Dr. Wahome.
Further, KUCCPS stated the application targets individuals who completed The Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination from the year 2013 to 2022.
According to the KUCCPS announcement, the deadline for the applications is on August 4, 2023.
“This is a milestone because KMTC and KUCCPS have a common objective of enhancing access to quality higher education and training opportunities in a manner that is equitable to all Kenyans,” said Dr. Wahome.
“Providing the KMTC courses on the KUCCPS platform will ensure equity, fairness and balanced access to the training opportunities,” she added.
Additionally, applicants will not be required to provide their results since KUCCPS has a database of the KCSE examination results of all the potential applicants from the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC).
Interested applicants can access the list of all the available programmes in the 83 KMTC campuses countrywide, including the minimum subject requirements, in the KUCCPS Student’s Portal.
With the entry of KMTC into the KUCCPS fold, the Placement Service now places students indegree, diploma, certificate, and artisan courses in 289 public training institutions and 30 private universities in Kenya.
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Meanwhile, the deadline for the ongoing application for placement to diploma programmes in primary Teacher Training Colleges was pushed to August 4, 2023, from the previous July 28.
KUCCPS will handle the placement of trainers to the 32 public teachers training colleges.
“This opportunity is for qualified KCSE certificated holders including non-Kenyan citizens who sat for the exam in 2022 or earlier until the year 20,” said KUCCPS boss.
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KUCPS also revised the entry requirements to a minimum mean grade of C (plain) in KCSE without cluster combination.
Initially, applicants were required to have a C (plain) in English and Kiswahili, Mathematics and any of the humanities and sciences and a KCSE mean grade of C (plain).
