Over 50,000 Students Skip KUCCPS University Placement

Over 50,000 Students Skip KUCCPS University Placement

More than 50,000 Kenyan students who qualified for university admission after the 2024 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams have not applied for placement through the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS), according to the Ministry of Education’s latest report. The primary reasons cited include the controversial university funding model and financial […] Source

Kenya’s University Placement Gap: What It Means for the Future of the Construction Industry

E Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba has just announced that over 50,000 students who qualified for university or college admission through the KUCCPS portal had not taken up their placements. While this development has rightly caused concern within the education sector, its long-term implications for Kenya’s construction industry may be even more profound. Construction is one […] The post Kenya’s University Placement Gap: What It Means f…

University joins forces to address critical construction and housebuilding skills gap - UK Construction Online

The University of Salford is collaborating with Cube Thinking to support Barratt Homes in bridging the shift in skills requirements across the construction and housebuilding sectors, through the development of new training materials. Research from Gartner has highlighted only 14% of procurement leaders have confidence in their talent’s ability to meet the future needs of the function. While a further study conducted by the University’s HIVEE (Ho…