KUCCPS Portal Now Open For 2021/2022 Placement of 2020 KCSE Students to Colleges and Universities

The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) is a state corporation established under the Universities Act, 2012, to coordinate the placement of Government-sponsored students to universities and colleges, among other functions.

The Placement Service is pleased to announce that the online application portal is now open to all secondary school principals to upload programme choices submitted by the 2020 KCSE examination candidates in their respective centres/institutions.

The portal may be accessed by all schools/examination centres with registered 2020 KCSE candidates to apply for Degree, Diploma, Certificate and Artisan Certificate courses in universities and colleges under Government sponsorship.

School principals are urged to ensure that each of their KCSE candidates provides their programme choices in the various categories (Degree, Diploma, Craft Certificate and Artisan) and submit those choices via the Principal’s Portal.

For the application procedure, please refer to the Principal’s Manual available in the Placement Service website www.kuccps.ac.ke under Downloads.

Enquiries may be sent to info@kuccps.ac.ke or by calling 0723 954 927, 0734 879 662 or 0205137400.

How to Apply For 2021/2022 Placement of KCSE 2020 Students via the KUCCPS Portal

The Centre/School application can only be submitted by the Principal not individual students. It is important that Principals/schools apply for student for placement to Universities or Colleges.

The Principal can access the Placement Service Portal through http://schools.kuccps.net/ or by visiting the Placement Service website: http://kuccps.net and clicking on the link marked Principal’s Portal.
All schools/centers are supposed to create a new account, kindly click on ‘New Account’ link and fill in the relevant verification details to create the new account.
Next, log in with the registered credentials and move to the ‘Applications’ tab.
Fill in the School Location and Contact information.
Click the ‘Application Template’ button.
This will download the excel workbook we expect you to populate with the student’s choices (7-digit Programme Codes NOT Programme Names).

Filling and saving the template

The student has 18 choices open to them,
1. 6 Degree options (1a, 1b, 1c, 2, 3, 4)
2. 4 Diploma options (1,2,3,4).
3. 4 Craft Certificate options (1,2,3,4)
4. 4 Artisan Certificate options (1,2,3,4).

Uploading the filled-in template

On the portal, under application, click on ‘Upload Form’ and submit.
Once uploaded, the system will generate a report on the same page, please ensure the details appearing there are correct, i.e. only the ones who paid and are making applications are marked, once you submit the form, you will not be able to change the students who will be allocated the funds.

Any programme codes highlighted in pink are erroneous and should be corrected.

Paying for the Applicants

All payments are made via Mpesa Paybill for the whole amount for the number of applicants, the details are as detailed below:

Business Number: 820201
Account: 8-digit Center Code
Amount: (500*Number of Applicants)

Finalizing the application process.

Once you have paid enter the Mpesa transaction code in the field provided and ‘Apply’ the payment, this will assign the funds to the students with choices.

Click ‘Save Application’ to commit the choices.

Please note you will not be able to change allocation for student funds after saving, so be certain before submitting.

Visit the Dashboard at any time to view the current application.
Once it is final, please go to the ‘Dashboard’ tab and click the ‘Application Report’ button to download the report in PDF for the Principal’s Signature and stamp for submission to KUCCPS.