70% Of 2022 KCSE Students Untraceable – Where Are They?
Fewer than 30 percent of students who took the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examination in Nandi County last year have applied to various colleges and universities.
Member of Parliament for Nandi Hills Bernard Kitur laments that of the 22,000 KCSE candidates who sat for the exam last year, only about 7,000 have applied for various courses through the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service.
The remaining candidates could not be located and were presumed to be idle in villages.
Kitur implored Nandi County residents to support their KCSE-qualified children’s enrollment in various institutions so that they do not lose KUCCPS benefits.
According to him, unaccounted-for students are unaware that the government is able to place them at various levels of college.
The MP expressed regret that some of these students, who are qualified to enroll in universities and colleges, are still at home and unsure of their next steps.
Kitur told the press in Kapsabet town, “I want to encourage locals to allow us to engage KUCCPS and help our children apply to various courses offered by various universities and colleges so that they do not remain at home.”
Nonetheless, Kitur urged KUCCPS to continue granting young people additional time to submit their applications, as access to the internet in rural Kenya remains a challenge due to the fact that the majority of rural residents lack smartphones.
“Consequently, KUCCPS still has a lot of work to do, particularly in Nandi County, to prevent young people’s lives from being ruined,” he said.
The legislature also charged KUCCPS with clarifying to Kenyans what they should do if they are denied admission to the courses for which they applied.
Kitur desires that KUCCPS utilize modern technology to advise young people on whether or not they should alter their courses and in what direction they should go.
The lawmaker thanked Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu for prolonging the search for scholarships and funding for students enrolling in universities and colleges beginning at the beginning of the following month.
As the Minister of Education has already sent a circular to all university and college administrations requesting that they grant the students time, he exuded confidence that the situation would be resolved.
On the other hand, Kitur requested that the Teachers Service Commission expedite the transfer of delocalized teachers to areas of their preference in accordance with the policy that the President and numerous other national leaders support.
Today in Kapsabet town, the Kenya National Union of Teachers Nandi Central Branch held its annual general meeting at St. Peters High Class Academy. The member of parliament spoke during a press briefing following the meeting.
He guaranteed that he and other leaders would support Nandi teachers in their efforts to raise education standards through the continuous development of school infrastructure and other forms of assistance.
70% Of 2022 KCSE Students Untraceable – Where Are They?