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Applicant Eligibility
For
a candidate to be eligible to apply for placement, the following conditions
will apply:
- A Kenyan Citizen governed by Chapter Three of the Constitution of Kenya and the Kenya Citizenship Act Cap 170.
- Sponsorship will be eligible to the immediate KCSE applicants preceding the selection for placement provided that each cohort of KCSE applicants shall be considered after their results are released.
- The minimum admission requirement to apply for degree programmes will be C+. However, the overall KCSE cut-off point for admission to degree programmes will be determined by the total capacity declared by universities.
- The minimum admission requirement to apply for a diploma will be C-.The Placement Service will consider the KCSE Examination result of 2013 as the immediate applicants for placement.
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Applicant Choices
i.Applicants
with an overall grade of C+ and above will be allowed to make a maximum of choices of both degree and diploma programmes.
ii.
Applicants with an overall grade of C- and above but below C+, will be allowed
to make a maximum of 6 choices from diploma programmes.
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iii. Choices 1(a), 1(b) and 1(c) must be similar
programmes while Choices 2, 3 and 4 can be any other programmes for both degree and diploma programmes.
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Application Fee
The
application fee is Kshs. 500 per candidate at school level and Kshs 1000 at
first revision. However, a candidate who did not apply in school will pay Kshs.
1500 during First Revision. Payment will be done via the KUCCPS MPESA utility
account following the procedure below:
- Go to M-PESA on your phone
- Select Pay Bill option
- Enter Business no. 820201
- Enter 4 digits Exam Year followed by 11 Digits Index Number as your account number. e.g 2014123456789
- Enter the Amount
- Enter your M-PESA PIN
- Send.
Reversals
will be done if the amount is paid to an invalid index number.
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A
fee of Kshs 1000 will be charged for second revision. Only applicants that were
not placed after first revision will be allowed to apply during second
revision.
Cut-Off Points
The
actual cut-off points for degree and
diploma programmes in Universities and Colleges will be
determined by the available capacities of the degree and diploma courses
respectively.
Emails,
SMS and the website will be used to provide feedback to applicants.
Apportionment of Applicants
i. The
number of applicants to be placed in a given programme shall be done by merit
and according to the candidate's preferred choices.
ii. Only
applicants who meet the minimum
admission requirements for the programme applied for shall be considered for
placement.
iii.Applicants
who meet the requirements but do not apply or are not placed in any of their
preferred choices after second revision will be offered placement in any
unfilled programmes.
iv. Affirmative
action criteria will be applied at the end of the placement process.
v. The
KUCCPS Board will give final approval of the placement of applicants after the
end of the process.
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Communication to Applicants.
i. Dates for the revision of choices will be announced
through the mainstream media and the website.
ii. Successful applicants will be notified via
SMS and through the website.
iii. Unsuccessful applicants will be informed
through the website upon enquiry.
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