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at February 01, 2015

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The KUCCPS has embarked on 2015/2016 placement of Government Sponsored Students to Universities and Colleges. Here are things every 2014 KCSE student should know before applying for placement.

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Applicant Eligibility

For a candidate to be eligible to apply for placement, the following conditions will apply:
  1. A Kenyan Citizen governed by Chapter Three of the Constitution of Kenya and  the Kenya Citizenship Act Cap 170. 
  2. 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. 
  3. 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. 
  4. 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.

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.

 Related: List of Colleges and Universities Registered by KUCCPS

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:
  1.  Go to M-PESA on your phone
  2. Select Pay Bill option
  3. Enter Business no. 820201
  4. Enter 4 digits Exam Year followed by 11 Digits Index Number as your account number. e.g 2014123456789
  5. Enter the Amount
  6. Enter your M-PESA PIN 
  7. 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.

 Related: KUCCPS Contact Details

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.

 Related: Prof. Mucheni's Advice  to all university students

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