Middle-level colleges offering medical courses have called on the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) to review the cluster system for health programmes.
Addressing the press on Saturday, March 15, the stakeholders, under the Association of Medical Training Institutes of Kenya (AMTIK), urged the placement service to consider lowering the current cluster points for medical courses to allow more students to enroll in the programmes.
While acknowledging the significance of medical courses, the stakeholders, led by their leader, Dennis Oketch, noted that the middle-level colleges offered courses that were responsive to both local and international needs.
According to the Association members, only 25 per cent of the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) students attain the minimum grades for medical courses, thus hindering growth in the sector.
