The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) has extended extended the application deadline for courses for the second time following persistent portal errors.
On Sunday 25th, Kuccps issued a notice indicating that it was extending the application period until all students eligible have made their applications.
Earlier , Kuccps had set the application deadline for Monday, February 26,2024.
Kuccps has further asked students to be keen so as to avoid double payments saying that verification process takes longer time. This is because the government moved all its paybill services to a single number.
Kuccps indicated that the government ordered for payments through the eCitizen platform, saying that the process of payment validation for the KUCCPS application is longer than before.
KUCCPS has also announced that after the first placement exercise,it will conduct two revision opportunities .
The revision opportunities will be provided for students who will not have applied, or those who will not have secured their selected courses, to reapply.
KUCCPS CEO DrMercy Wahome has also assured students in a statement that all students would be placed in institutions of higher learning and extended the duration to February 26.
She noted that all those seeking training opportunities through the KUCCPS portal, there will be no one who will be left behind.
Students and parents have asked that the placement portal to work on the system that is now working as expected causing delays.