The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service, KUCCPS, has opened the portal for revision of course choices by 2019 KCSE candidates. The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) is a State Corporation established under the Universities Act, 2012 to coordinate the placement of Government-sponsored students to universities and colleges; disseminate information on available programmes, their costs and areas of study prioritized by the Government; collect and retain data relating to university and college placement; develop career guidance programmes for the benefit of students; and advise the Government on matters relating to university and college student placement.<\/p>\n
For more information, send email inquiries to ceo@kuccps.ac.ke<\/a> or call 0205137400, 0723954927 or 0734879662.<\/p>\n Get details on how to revise your choices in the guide below:<\/p>\n Pursuant to its Mandate as provided for in the Universities Act, 2012, Section 56 (1) (a), the Placement Board, during a meeting held today, February 17, 2020, has considered the placement of the 2019 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination candidates to Universities and Colleges. The Board observed the following:<\/p>\n A total of 688,928 students qualified for placement to tertiary institutions at various levels under Government sponsorship. Of these, 125,449 attained a mean grade of C+ and above, thus qualifying to join local universities. Another 563,479 scored between C and E and therefore qualified for placement to Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions.<\/p>\n Universities have declared a capacity of 193,878, which is enough to absorb all those who met the minimum requirement for admission to Degree programmes and are willing to pursue courses in Universities.<\/p>\n In addition, the State Department of Vocational and Technical Training has provided a capacity of 350,000 in the TVET institutions that are under the Ministry of Education. The capacity is enough to absorb 62% of the candidates who qualified for TVET. The Board noted that there are several other TVET institutions offering training opportunities where the remaining 38 % can be absorbed.<\/p>\n Pursuant to this, the online placement system has today, Monday, February 17, 2020, opened for application and revision of choices and will close on Monday, March 9, 2020 at 5.00 pm.<\/p>\n From Monday, February 24 to Saturday, February 29, 2020, the Placement Service will set up desks in the following institutions to advise and support applicants.<\/p>\n These support services will remain available throughout the application period at the Placement Service offices at the ACK Garden House (Ground Floor) on 1st Ngong Avenue, off Ngong Road, in Community Area and at Huduma Centres located in Mombasa, Nyeri, Eldoret, Nakuru, Garissa, Kakamega, Kisumu, Meru, Kitui, and Nairobi (Makadara and GPO).<\/p>\n More information on the application process, available programmes, universities and colleges, previous cut-off points and applicants\u2019 cluster points is accessible through the Placement Service website\u00a0https:\/\/www.kuccps.ac.ke.<\/a><\/p>\n All applicants are advised to observe the application deadline. All applications must be submitted online through the KUCCPS Students Portal, students.kuccps.net.<\/p>\n PROCEDURE FOR APPLYING\/ REVISING YOUR COURSE CHOICES<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Here is the simplified guide on how to apply for placement into a tertiary institution through the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service:<\/p>\n Students placement to institutions of higher learning occurs in four (4) phases, namely:<\/p>\n The School\/Centre application phase occurs between October and December. All candidates should be encouraged to apply and can select for four levels. However they should make choices for programmes they are only interested in pursuing. No program is mandatory.<\/p>\n First revision for degree and diploma choices will be on dates to be announced by placement service after the release of KCSE results.<\/p>\n Candidates who will not have qualified on competitive selection for any of their preferred choices during the first round of selection will be given a chance to do second revision by selecting courses with unfilled capacities.<\/p>\n Any applicant who fails to qualify for their choices but meet the cut off points for placement may be offered any course with unfilled capacities taking into account the minimum requirements for admission.<\/p>\n Visit the KUCCPS resources download page at\u00a0https:\/\/students.kuccps.net\/downloads\/\u00a0<\/a>To download various resources resources for the 2020\/2021 Academic year. The following resources are available for download:<\/p>\n The student has 18 choices open to them,<\/p>\n The Student is allowed to apply for either any combination of or all levels, but they should be in the appropriate fields, i.e. no Diploma Codes in the Degree area or vice versa, these choices will be disregarded.<\/p>\n The student should only apply for programmes they will be comfortable pursuing if they are placed to them. No field is mandatory.<\/p>\n If a student will not be applying, do not enter anything in the fields, leave the choice cells Choices 1a-1c should be the same programme in different institutions, in cases where the Once the file is fully populated, save it as an Excel Workbook (.xlsx) any other format will be rejected.<\/p>\n On the portal, under application, click on \u2018Upload Form\u2019 and submit. Once uploaded, the system will generate a report on the same page, please ensure the details appearing there are correct, i.e. only the ones who paid and are making applications are marked, once you submit the form, you will not be able to change the students who will be allocated the funds.<\/p>\n Any programme codes highlighted in pink are erroneous and should be corrected. Once satisfied the report is representative of the intended upload, check the payment requirement and make the payment.<\/p>\n All payments are made via Mpesa Paybill for the whole amount for the number of applicants, the details are as detailed below: Once you have paid enter the Mpesa transaction code in the field provided and \u2018Apply\u2019 the payment, this will assign the funds to the students with choices.<\/p>\n Click \u2018Save Application\u2019 to commit the choices. Once it is final, please go to the \u2018Dashboard\u2019 tab and click the \u2018Application Report\u2019 button to download the report in PDF for the Principal\u2019s Signature and stamp for submission to KUCCPS.<\/p>\n To qualify for TVET programmes, one must meet these basic requirements: Must score;<\/p>\nPLACEMENT OF THE 2019 KCSE COHORT TO UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES<\/span><\/strong><\/h6>\n
2019 KCSE Performance<\/span><\/strong><\/h6>\n
Capacities<\/span><\/strong><\/h6>\n
\u00a0Resolution<\/span><\/strong><\/h6>\n
\u00a0 The Placement Board resolved that all the 2019 KCSE candidates who scored a mean grade of C+ and above will be given an opportunity for placement to universities and TVET institutions, while all those who scored C and below will be given an opportunity to apply for placement to TVET institutions.<\/h6>\n
\u00a0Application Support to Applicants<\/span><\/strong><\/h6>\n
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Late applications will not be accepted.<\/h5>\n
KUCCPS Application Guidelines and procedure for the 2020\/2021 Academic year.<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n
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How to Pay for KUCCPS 2020\/2021,KUCCPS Business number<\/span><\/h6>\n
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The Placement Procedure<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
Stage 1:\u00a0<\/em>KUCCPS School\/Centre Application<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
Stage 2:\u00a0<\/em>KUCCPS first revision\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n
Stage 3:\u00a0<\/em>KUCCPS second revision<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n
Stage 4: Placement to any Programme.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n
How to Log onto the KUCCPS Portal<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/h6>\n
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How to download Various resources\/ Guides from the KUCCPS portal:<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n
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Important kuccps links:<\/span><\/h6>\n
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KUCCPS Contacts<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n
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THE APPLICATION PROCESS<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
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Filing Students\u2019 choices<\/span><\/strong><\/h6>\n
a) Filling and saving the template<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n
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\nprogramme only exists in one or two institution\/s please enter only the one\/s available and skip the other. Do NOT fill the gap with another unrelated option as it will be disregarded at upload.<\/p>\nb) Uploading the filled in template<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
c) Paying for the Applicants<\/strong><\/h6>\n
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\nPlease note you will not be able to change allocation for student funds after saving, so be certain before submitting. Visit the Dashboard at any time to view the current application.<\/p>\nHere are links to the most important news portals:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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KUCCPS Requirements to join Tvet Institutions<\/span><\/strong><\/h6>\n