144,500 APPLICANTS PLACED IN TVET INSTITUTIONS

The ministry of education has officially released the placement results for the 2023/2024 Academic Year. On the basis of the 2022 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examination, 870,561 candidates were eligible for placement to universities and colleges.

Of these, a total of 285,698 students submitted applications for placement to universities and colleges. A total of 285,167 secured places in degree, diploma, craft certificate and artisan courses in 282 training institutions. The number of students who secured placement to degree programmes is 140,107(130,485 to public universities and 9622 private universities). This represents 80.9% of the 173,244 students who qualified for degree programmes.

144,500 applicants have been placed in TVET institutions, while 560 applicants have been placed to Secondary Teacher Training Colleges. 9,673 applicants who qualified for degree courses chose to be placed in TVET institutions. The placement results for all the applicants will now be posted on the KUCCPS Student’s Portal. The results can also be accessed by sending the applicant’s KCSE index number through SMS to 20842.