25,000 miss degree of choice in varsity pick

KUCCPS boss John Muraguri. FILE PHOTO | NMG

What you need to know:

  • Statistics from KUCCPS indicate that 63,538 students out of 88,929 candidates who scored between A and C+ in  last  year’s Form Four examination  secured their degree of choice.
  • The first revision exercise was conducted between January 30 to February 17.
  • The placement service chief executive officer, John Muraguri, said the second revision is open for all last year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination candidates.

More than 25,000 students missed their degree course of choice in the first revision window that closed last month for 70 public and private universities.

The Kenya Universities and Colleges central Placement Service (KUCCPS) — the body charged with admitting students to public and private universities — has since invited the students to revise their choices starting yesterday until April 2.

Statistics from KUCCPS indicate that 63,538 students out of 88,929 candidates who scored between A and C+ in  last  year’s Form Four examination  secured their degree of choice.

The first revision exercise was conducted between January 30 to February 17 with universities having declared a capacity of 125,580, of which 81,931 was  in public and 43,649 in private.

The placement service chief executive officer, John Muraguri, said the second revision is open for all last year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination candidates who, on competitive selection after the first revision, have not been placed on any of their degree course choices.

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.