OVER 72,000 CANDIDATES TO JOIN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES Via #STD Over 72,000 candidates who sat last year’s Form Four examinations have been selected to join various public universities and colleges next month. Documents from the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service ( KUCCPS) indicate that 56,937 students have been placed in public universities. It also reveals that for the first time, the Government will sponsor 15,393 candidates to pursue various diploma courses in middle level colleges across the county. KUCCPS, which replaced the Joint Admissions Board (JAB) as envisaged under Section 55 of the Universities Act, approved the admissions following a meeting Monday. However, over 66,000 candidates who sat last years Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education exam failed to attain the minimum qualifying grade. Of the 449,216 who sat last years examination, over 123,000 candidates scored the minimum university entry grade of C plus. The Service lowered the minimum university entry requirement to B- (minus) of 58 points for female students and grade B of 60 points for male students. Candidates with grade C- (minus) were also eligible for diploma programmes. Some 232, 699 candidates scored C- and above.
Posted on: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 05:48:25 +0000
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