CS Machogu Directs KUCCPS to Review Universities Cut-off Points
Education CS Ezekiel Machogu has asked the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) and universities to review the cut-off points.
While announcing the 2023 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) results on Monday, Machogu directed the institutions to change the course cut-off points to fit their programs with the present grading system.
According to the CS, the change is intended to ensure the transition of more students to higher education institutions.
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“I am directing the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) and universities to align their cluster points and entry requirements to avoid disadvantaging the candidates,” he went on to say.
Machogu further asked the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) to complete the procedure and hand over the results to KUCCPS so that students might be placed in various institutions.
KUCCPS was also asked to launch a vigorous career awareness campaign among the 2023 applicants in order to assist them in making the best career choices.
He revealed that the campaigns will motivate more students to enroll in TVET institutions for various courses.
Machogu praised the stakeholders who maintained professionalism throughout the process to achieve genuine results for the 2023 national examinations. Despite multiple mishaps, the CS stated that further safeguards were put in place.
Meanwhile, the new grading system, which will be implemented in 2023, would focus on five core areas important to a student’s specialization.
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“Under the new grading system, more students will be able to pursue the career of their choice at the university, diploma, and TVET training, certificates and artisan levels that were previously impossible due to a restrictive system,” he said.
It will concentrate on the student’s literacy and numeracy skills. The Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms (PWPER) issued this recommendation.
In September, Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang declared that if a student was interested in medical, they would not be barred from following the degree because a subject lowered their mean grade.
Kipsang claimed that the former grading system hindered students pursuing specialized vocations.
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CS Machogu Directs KUCCPS to Review Universities Cut-off Points