Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha announced that 16,310 2021 KCSE students did not apply for university slots under Kenya University Colleges Central Placement Services (KUCCPS).
The Education CS said it could be because the students opted for other opportunities like studying abroad.
“I have also noted that 16,310 candidates who qualified for degree programmes in the 2021 KCSE examination did not submit applications and may have opted to pursue other opportunities including opting to study abroad,” reported Magoha.
Moreover, the Ministry of Education announced that KUCCPS placed 123,963 of 144,466 2021 KCSE candidates who qualified for university slots. Also, 5,278 were placed to TVET institutions by choice.
In addition, Proff. Magoha said that 250,052 students submitted their applications for placement to universities, TVET institutions and Teacher Training Colleges (TTCs) this year.
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According to him, it is the first time KUCCPS placed applicants for admission to the 32 public diploma primary teacher training colleges.
“A total of 1,538 (1,216 females, 322 male) have been placed in Diploma in Primary Teacher Education and Diploma in Early Childhood Teacher Education,” the CS said.
Furthermore, the CS noted that KUCCPS placed 293 students (129 males, 164 female) to three colleges offering Diploma in Secondary Teacher Education, namely: Kagumo, Kibabii and Lugari TTCs.
According to him, 90 per cent of the 2021 KCSE candidates who attained a mean grade of C + and above applied and were competitively placed, with 85 per cent of them getting Degree programmes and 5 per cent taking up courses in TVET Institutions.
