Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) Chief Executive Officer Agnes Wahome, on Tuesday, May 9, clarified that students who chose to pursue Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) courses within universities will not receive government scholarships.
In a media interview, Wahome indicated that TVETS within universities were not cut for the scholarships according to the new funding model.
She, however, maintained that the option would be made available for students to know and choose.
"But we have some universities that are offering Diploma and Certificate courses, so they have what we call TVET schools within the Universities. So those will not receive the scholarships, but they will be there for students to see and choose," Wahome stated.
However, KUCCPS CEO underlined that students joining TVETS registered under the Ministry of Education, including National Polytechnics and Technical Training Institutes (TTIs), would be eligible for government scholarships and loans.
"But we also have our TVET institutions that are under the Ministry of Education, these are the Technical Training Institutes (TTIs) and the National Polytechnics, they are about 200 of them.
"So those under the Ministry of Education, the students will be able to access both loans and government scholarships," Wahome stated.
"So I needed to make that correction that there are TVETS within the Universities, and we have TVETS under the Ministry of Education. So if you decide to take a TVET course within a university, you will finance yourself," she insisted.
At the same time, Wahome detailed that the KUCCPS portal would open for 2022 KCSE candidates in a week.
By the end of June 2023, they could revise the courses before admission in September 2023.
While announcing a different funding model, President William Ruto noted that funding will be through government scholarships, loans and bursaries.
For those joining universities, Ruto indicated that they would be funded through a government scholarship of up to a maximum of 38 per cent of the programme's cost and 55 per cent in the form of loans.
Their households, the President explained, will only pay seven (7) per cent of the cost of their university education.
Those joining TVETS will be funded 32 per cent for government scholarships, and 48 per cent for loans, and their households will pay 20 per cent of the costs, Ruto observed.
He, however, maintained that no students would be left behind in the funding models.
