Some 870,561 candidates who sat for the 2022 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) were eligible for placement to universities and colleges, Education Cabinet Secretary (CS) Ezekiel Machogu has said.
Speaking on Monday, July 31, during the release of the 2023/2024 Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) placement results and launch of the Higher Education Funding (HEF) portal, Machogu said a total of 285,698 students submitted applications for placement to universities and colleges.
Some 285,167 candidates secured places in degree, diploma, craft certificate, and artisan courses in 282 training institutions.
The number of students who secured placement to degree programs is 140,107, out of which 130,485 were placed in public universities and 9,622 in private universities.
”This represents 80.9% of the 173,244 students who qualified for degree programs. Some 144,500 applicants have been placed in TVET institutions, while 560 applicants have been placed to Secondary Teacher Training Colleges.’’ Said Machogu.
The CS added that 9,673 applicants who qualified for degree courses chose to be placed in TVET institutions.
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How to Check Placement Results
Machogu said the placement results for all applicants will be posted on the KUCCPS student’s portal. Learners are required to log in to the portal students.kuccps.net using their personal details.
To log in, students are required to provide their username (KCSE full index number), year (2022), and password (birth certificate number). Once on the platform, the student will see a message on the dashboard with details of their placement in the format;
“Congratulations, followed by the university you have been placed then finally, the course you will pursue.”
Students can also access their placement results by sending their KCSE Index Numbers to SMS number 20842.
Machogu urged students who require funding to make formal applications through the Higher Education Financing portal.
