KUCCPS 2023 Latest Updates on University Placement
KUCCPS 2023 Latest Updates on University Placement
KUCCPS 2023 Latest Updates on University Placement. Candidates who took the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams in 2022 will now be admitted to universities after a delay caused by the team’s failure to submit its report on time.
As a result, both the 173,345 students who met the requirements for admission to university and extra students wanting to be accepted into higher institutions have expressed anxiety.
However, there are concerns that many won’t receive state money and that tuition prices may increase. Students in Kenya normally enroll in universities and colleges in September.
Additionally, it takes time for students to submit a Higher Education Loans Board (Helb) application. While those who choose private universities handle their own admissions, the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (Kuccps) places students.
However, the Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms (PWPER), whose six-month term expired in March before it could carry out nationwide validation on its proposals, is requesting an extension of time to complete its work.
The PWPER was tasked with conducting a study of Kenya’s educational system, focusing on improvements, covering both basic and tertiary education.
A PWPER source claimed that after gathering opinions from all around the nation, they now needed to contact the people to ask them to certify that their suggestions had been included in the report.
Without it, the authenticity of their work could be contested in court as part of the public participation process.
The team is requesting a 1.5 month delay in order to submit the report by the end of the fiscal year in June.
The validation procedure can involve holding a national conference where participants debate and vote on the suggestions.
The PWPER has already completed a large portion of the work on technical and vocational education and training (TVET) and basic education, but the issue of higher education remains to be resolved.
Students are in uncertainty as the university financing problem is brought on by the KUCCPS placement delay.
The source claims that since Kenya’s current educational system, the 8-4-4 system, was implemented, changes have primarily focused on basic and secondary schools while disregarding universities.
This highlights the need for significant changes in higher education.
Ezekiel Machogu, the Education Cabinet Secretary, instructed Kuccps to immediately determine the number of openings in universities, colleges, and TVET institutions in order to simplify the placement of students when the KCSE results were issued in January.
President William Ruto is expected to give instructions on some of the PWPER’s suggestions once they receive the extension, the PWPER hopes, so that the hiring process can get started.
President Ruto had already received two interim reports from the PWPER, the second of which covered TVET and higher education and the first of which concentrated on basic education. The second report, however, was kept secret because the President, it is thought, did not agree with all of the suggestions.
The advice regarding government funding of students is one of the most anticipated ones. President Ruto made a suggestion that not all students who meet the requirements for university education might receive government assistance.
He has questioned the wisdom of providing government financing for higher education to students who attend private institutions and pay exorbitant tuition, arguing that parents who can afford to pay for their children’s education should do so.
Parents and students are now worried about how economically disadvantaged people can access higher education as a result.
The Helb, TVET, and university financing boards should be combined more easily, according to the PWPER’s mandate, which also asks for it to look into and recommend legislation to accomplish this. This might have an impact on how many students the government sponsors because it would rely on the quantity of money available.
The number of students who qualify for higher education has increased significantly, despite the fact that government funding has remained virtually steady in recent years. As a result of this, universities currently owe billions of shillings in debt.
