The Ministry of Education has released the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) placement results for 2024 KCSE candidates. The KUCCPS placement results were released on Tuesday by Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba.
In the results, over 310,000 students have secured placement in various universities and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions.
Out of the 965,501 candidates who sat the KCSE examination in 2024, 244,563 attained a grade of C+ and above and qualified for university admission to pursue degree programmes. 194,372 candidates were placed in degree programmes.
According to CS Julius Ogamba, courses at the Kenya Medical Training College recorded high applications, with a total of 52,725 candidates against a capacity of 34,048. Out of these, more than 27,000 were for diploma and certificate in nursing.
The CS added that other popular KMTC courses included clinical medicine and surgery, medical emergency technician, and community health.
In the same vein, 93,207 applicants applied for various training programmes at TVET. At the same time, teaching programs also attracted high interest from candidates with 20,786 students applying for diploma programs in teaching.
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Out of these applications, 11,636 students were successfully placed in colleges. 10,800 candidates secured slots in the primary teacher education category while 836 students were placed in diploma programs for secondary teacher education. This category had a total capacity of 2,735.
“We urge the remaining qualified students who did not apply to explore opportunities at the Open University of Kenya, teacher training colleges, or the ongoing KMTC September intake,” said CS Ogamba.
Candidates can check their placement results online or via SMS. According to KUCCPS, the placement service is sending the results to applicants via SMS, and updating the results in the students’ portal.
“KUCCPS is sending placement results by SMS to applicants. Some have already received. Be sure to enable promotional messages on your phone to avoid missing out. KUCCPS is also updating the placement results on the Student’s Portal. This is ongoing and those whose results haven’t updated should keep refreshing,” the placement service stated.
