Members of the National Assembly Committee on Education have raised concerns over the high cost of the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) placement and examination in Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) institutions.
Speaking when they inspected the Ollessos National Polytechnic on Wednesday, the lawmakers promised to intervene and ease the financial burden for the students.
Reportedly, each student pays Ksh1,500 during application to KUCCPS and an additional Ksh1,500 for placement, pushing the total to Ksh3,000.
The MPs insisted that this figure, which did not include the cost of registration and practical assessments under the Curriculum Development Assessment and Certification Council (CDACC), was too high for students from poor backgrounds.
