Reason For Delay In KUCCPS
The 2022 candidates who sat for KCSE and received their results in January are having tension as to why the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) has delayed to open its portal for 2023/2024 placements.
Students Anxiety
This has created anxiety among the students and the general public who are still having several unanswered questions.
The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) has just tabled a substantial reason as to why there is a delay in the whole process owing to the procedures and logistics that needs to be followed before the portal is opened.
Major reason for the delay
The KUCCPS CEO, Mercy Wahome has indicated that the whole delay has been orchestrated by the delay by the Education review team to submit the report.
A group of 173,345 students who managed a minimum University entry grade of C+ and their fellow colleagues who qualified for other tertiary institutions are sky guessing on when the placement body will open the portal.
In the recent past, it has always been a custom that majority of the students join universities and colleges in September.
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As it stands now, many students are seeing their vision of joining universities turning blurred considering that the state would wish to cut the university sponsorship for some students and also increasing the university tuition fee.
Among those students who are now grappling with the hard times are those awaiting to join universities through the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) as opposed to their colleagues who would wish to join private universities who have already joined by now.
Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms (PWPER)
Therefore, the delay is being orchestrated by the Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms (PWPER) which is still requesting for more time for them to finalize on their findings.
The team is now requesting for about six weeks from now to finalize on their report even as we are drawing nigh to the end of the fiscal year in June.
Education CS Ezekiel Machogu Express orders to KUCCPS
During the release of the 2022 KCSE results, Education CS, Ezekiel Machogu directed the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) to work round the clock to give the exact number of available slots at the university and also facilitate seamless transition of the 2022 candidates to tertiary institutions, something that is now becoming a white elephant to the placement body.
Reason For Delay In KUCCPS
Therefore, the 2022 candidates are urged to wait for a signal by the placement body on when the exercise will kick off.
The body has indicated that once the president receives the report, he will give clear direction on matters placement then the portal will be unveiled to the students to suit their applications.
Students and the general public have been urged to tone down their anxiety and await for the signal from KUCCPS through its website, social handles and even mainstream media.
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