2014 KSCE Candidates Announcement

ACK Garden 1st Ngong Avenue,Community
Telephone: 0723954927, 0734879662.
Email: [email protected]
P.O.BOX 105166 - 00101 Nairobi
ANNOUNCEMENT
2014 K.C.S.E CANDIDATES
FIRST REVISION OF DEGREE AND DIPLOMA
PROGRAMMES FOR THE 2015/2016 PLACEMENT
The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (Placement Service) is
established as a State Corporation under Section 55 of the Universities Act No. 42 of 2012 with
its functions being to, among others co-ordinate the placement of Government Sponsored
Students to Universities and Colleges.
The Placement Service Board, during it’s tenth meeting, based on the total declared capacities
for Degree Programmes under Government Sponsorship, and the performance analysis of
the 2014 K.C.S.E. Examination Results, has set the Cut-off point for placement to Degree
Programmes at B of 60 points for male candidates and B- of 58 points for female candidates.
In addition, all K.C.S.E candidates with a minimum overall grade of C- (Minus) and
above and who have not benefited from Government Sponsorship in the past are
eligible to apply for diploma programmes.
The Placement Service therefore wishes to inform the 2014 K.C.S.E. Examination Candidates
that the online application system will open for the first revision of Degree and Diploma
programmes for the 2015/2016 placement on Monday, April 20th, 2015 at 0000 hrs and
will close on Monday, May 4th 2015 at midnight.
Applicants who meet the cut-off point set by the Placement Service for placement to
Degree programmes may in addition apply for diploma programmes of their choice, while
those below the degree cut-off points but with a minimum grade of C- may only apply for
diploma programmes, following the procedure outlined in the Placement service website
www.kuccps.ac.ke
Application will be done online by all applicants including those who had submitted their
applications earlier through their respective schools and would wish to revise their choices.
There will be no manual application.
The relevant guiding information such as degree and diploma programmes per university
and college, subject clusters, similar programmes, previous cut off points (where applicable),
weighted cluster calculation by performance index; may also be accessed as downloads from
the same website.
ONLINE SYSTEM SUPPORT
Between Monday, April 20th, 2015 and Saturday April 25th, 2015, the Placement
Service will send officials to the following Universities and Colleges to assist those
who may need assistance on how to use the online application system.
Placement Services Headquarters, ACK Gardens, Community behind Ardhi House.
Technical University of Mombasa
Coast Institute of Technology
Maseno University, Town Campus
Gusii Institute of Technology
Dedan Kimathi University of Science and Technology
Rift Valley Technical Training Institute
Egerton University, Nakuru Town Campus
Chuka University
Wote Technical Training Institute
Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology
Bumbe Technical Training Institute.
All applicants are therefore advised that they may seek assistance from any of the
listed universities or colleges nearest to them while applying for their preferred
courses.
From April 27th, 2015 to May 4th, 2015, applicants may visit the Placement Service offices
at ACK Gardens for assistance. Enquiries may also be made by sending Email through
[email protected] or calling 0723954927, 0734879662 during the application period.
PLEASE NOTE THE APPLICATION DATES CAREFULLY
CEO/SECRETARY TO THE BOARD
KENYA UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES CENTRAL PLACEMENT SERVICE
www.kuccps.ac.ke