Education Cabinet Secretary (CS) Ezekiel Machogu has actually repeated that trainees signing up with personal universities are not qualified for federal government scholarships. The CS spoke on Wednesday throughout the launch of the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) website for 2022 KCSE prospects. The minister stated all the 869,782 prospects will be qualified to register in any organization of their option. Machogu stated 173,127 prospects who achieved the minimum entry grade of C+ will enlist for degree courses. Those who obtained a C grade and below will be registered in all Technical and Vocational Education Training Institutions (TVET) organizations. The CS revealed that all organizations have actually satisfied all conditions needed to register trainees and have actually currently released course charges for various research study programs on their sites. “This will direct trainees to choose based upon their earnings levels of their homes,” he stated. Machogu stated chosen trainees will have the choice to look for federal government scholarships from the University fund as directed by the brand-new financing design revealed by President William Ruto. “They will likewise have chances to look for HELB (Government loan) which will be designated upon utilizing a full-proof tool utilized to evaluate trainees to be granted scholarships. “I want to restate that trainees who will pick courses in Public Universities will be qualified to gain access to both the Government scholarships and loans, while those who will pick Private Universities will be qualified for Government loans just,” he mentioned. CS Machogu described; “The entire concept is predicated on the truth each trainee need to be dealt with on the level of their requirement which no deserving trainee need to be rejected a chance to get college and training in the organization of their option.” CS Machogu revealed that he has actually directed KUCCPS to partner with the Huduma secretariat to permit trainees to use from all Huduma Centres throughout the nation to assist trainees be directed in applications. The application workout is anticipated to be finished in August to permit trainees to report to their particular universities in September.
No Gov’t Scholarships for trainees signing up with personal universities, states CS Machogu
