KUCCPS Explains Why Some Students Missed their Choice Courses
Since placement is based on merit, Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) Chief Executive Mercy Wahome has revealed that some applicants did not qualify due to competition in certain courses.
Dr. Mercy Wahome, the chief executive officer of the KUCCPS, remarked, “I have observed that a lot of students are still fixated with the traditional degree courses like medicine, which cannot accommodate all the qualified students applying for them.”
For instance, according to Wahome, public universities offered a total of 523 places in Medicine, Pharmacy, and Nursing degree programs.
According to her, these courses were full during the first phase of course selection because so many qualified students enrolled for them.
Approximately 1,156 candidates earned an A on the KCSE in 2022, while 6,658 students earned an A- (minus) and 15,938 earned a B+. Therefore, a total of 23,752 students qualified for the courses due to their high grades.
“From the numbers, it is obvious that a student with A – (minus) or B+ is unlikely to get Medicine or any of the other competitive courses,” said Wahome.
“However, this does not lock them from enrolling in these courses as module II students,” she added.
KUCCPS Explains Why Some Students Missed their Choice Courses