By Moses Ndung’u
The 2014 Kenya Certificate of
Secondary Education (KCSE) candidates are set to start online revision of
courses on April 20, 2015. The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central
Placement Service (KUCCPS) website will open for the first revision of degree
and diploma programmes for the 2015/2016 placement on April 20, 2015 and close
on May 4, 2015.
Most of the KCSE candidates have been
celebrating the decision reached by KUCCPS which outlined the cut-off for those
who will join universities.The cut-off for
male students was fixed at a grade B of 60 points and a B- of 58 points for
female students. This is a point of advancement in the exam based
curricular in Kenya.
According to Prof. Jacob Kaimenyi,
61,000 candidates will have the coveted opportunity of pursuing their higher
education through the government sponsored regular programs.
In addition all KCSE candidates with
a minimum overall grade of C- (Minus) and above and who have not benefited from
government sponsorship in the past will be eligible to apply for Diploma
courses.
According to analysts, this will
enhance the public picture at large since not many students will be locked out
of continuing with their education. This will also boost the morale of students
since attaining a grade of B- for female students and a B for male students is
not as unrealistic as it had happened where only top most cream students got
the advantage.
This period is dedicated into giving
the students adequate time to choose their courses. Applications will be done
online by all applicants including those who had submitted their applications
earlier through their respective schools and would wish to revise their
choices. There will be no manual applications.
According to the CS Jacob Kaimenyi,
only a marginal twelve percent of the students who sat for their KCSE will have
to proceed to the next level of Education whereas the rest are to join
polytechnics and other institutions of educational bridging.
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