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University placement service making cash out of our woes

Many poor students are unable to raise the money needed for the transfers.

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What you need to know:

  • I applied to be transferred to the Technical University of Kenya to study a diploma in business administration.
  • KUCCPS asked me to pay Sh1,000 for the transfer.
  • Whenever learners hear that there is a window of opportunity to change their courses, their hopes are raised.

This is my account of how the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) assigned me a course that I had no interest in studying and took another Sh1,000 from me when I tried to change it. 

I sat my national Kenya Certificate Of Secondary School Education (KCSE) last year and was shocked to find out that I was placed to study fashion and design at Musakasa Technical Training Institute. I have never had any interest in fashion.