Kenyan Wits

On Monday the 17th of February, the KUCCPS Portal was opened after a press statement by the CEO of KUCCPS, Dr. John Muraguri. According to the press statement a total of 688,928 students were placed in tertiary institutions.  This is 10817 studentsless than the number of students who sat for KCSE 2019 representing a 98.45%placement. 125,449 who managed toscore C+ and above were placed in universities while 563,479 who scored C, D,or E, were placed in Technical and Vocational Education Training institutions. Meanwhile, alluniversities declared a total capacity of 193,878 which absorbed 100% ofall qualified students. TVET institutions had a total capacity of 350,000 whichcould only absorb 62% of the students who scored between C and E. However, the board notedthat other TVET institutions were offering additional training opportunitieswhich will absorb the remaining 38%.  The board indicated thatthe portal will be open until 9th March 2020 allowing the students to revisetheir pla...

Kisumu National polytechnic has been closed indefinitely today morning after students went on a rampage over unprecedented hiking of fees and abuse of power by the deputy principal among other issues. Earlier on, studentsgathered at the basketball courts following a notice signed and circulated by Kisumu National Polytechnic Student Association(KINOPSA) Secretary-General Mr. Amos Oduor and Chairman Mr. Joseph Mbaka. The notice urged studentsto boycott classes and join the union in a peaceful demonstration after theadministration had allegedly failed to address their grievances. Students later pouredinto the streets, blocked Nyamasaria – Kondele road and paralyzed transportbefore being dispersed by Anti-Riot police. Apparently, theadministration had hikedstudent fees by Ksh 6000 for some and Ksh 10000 for others a move that hasfinancially overburdened most students in the institution. Besides, the studentleaders were also demanding the reinstatement of more than 1000 students whoh...