KUCCPS Releases List Of 2021 KCSE Candidates Joining Universities

Some 123,963 students who sat their Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education Examinations(KCSE) in 2021 have been placed to join universities.

The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) selected them out of the  144,466 candidates who qualified for university slots.  

Another 5,278 chose to join TVET institutions  according to the Ministry of Education

Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha said 16,310 candidates who qualified for degree programmes did not submit applications.

A total of 250,052 students submitted their applications for placement to universities, TVET institutions and Teacher Training Colleges (TTCs) this year.

For the first time, KUCCPS placed applicants for admission to the 32 public diploma primary teacher training colleges.

“A total of 1,538 have been placed for  Diploma in Primary Teacher Education and Early Childhood Education,” Magoha said.

“These students will be trained to deliver the CBC curriculum,” he said.