COLLEGE PLACEMENT
The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service portal is now open and eligible students have until June 7, 2023, to apply for placement or revise their courses.
The application is open for placement in various universities and TVET colleges countrywide.
KUCCPS said 2020 KCSE candidates are eligible to apply for placement in the 2023/24 intake using the 2021 cut-off points.
“The 2022 cut-off will be availed after placement, meanwhile 2021 cut-off will be used as a guide for application. The placement results will be released after course revision,” they said in a statement on Twitter.
The minimum entry point to university is C+. All courses are government-sponsored in line with the new university and TVETs funding model unveiled by President William Ruto on May 3.
The new model is primarily aimed at ensuring students from extremely poor backgrounds get equal opportunity of pursuing college or university education by getting higher capitation compared to their counterparts from able families.
Ruto said the government will effective this academic year adopt the funding model where capitation will be apportioned to students based on their level of need.
A total of 173,127 new cohort of students will be joining universities and 145,325 students be joining TVET institutions in the 2023/24 financial year.
There are 37 public universities eligible for government scholarships and Helb loans and 30 private universities are eligible for Helb loans only.
Another 189 public colleges registered by the Ministry of Education as TVETs are eligible for government scholarships and Helb loans.
There are another 27 public colleges registered under various other Ministries and seven TVET universities that neither enjoys government sponsorship nor Helb loans.
While unveiling the new funding model, Ruto said funding to university education has been increased to Sh84.6 billion effective the next intake, a 56 per cent rise from the current budget.
He said it comprises Sh53 billion will be factored into the budget and Sh31.6 for Helb loans.
Following the increment, capitation per student in university was capped at Sh208,000 up from Sh152,000 while TVET students will be trained for Sh67,189 per year down from Sh71,420.
However, funding will be disbursed based on four levels of need; vulnerable, extremely needy, needy and less needy.
Students from needy households joining universities will receive government scholarships of up to 53 per cent and loans of up to 40 per cent.
Those joining TVETs will receive government scholarships of up to 50 per cent and 30 per cent in loans.
Parents will meet only 7 per cent of education costs for government-sponsored students and 20 per cent for sponsored students in TVETs.
