Student Placed to a University Two Years Later
A visually impaired student was finally placed at a university by the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) following the intervention of the Commission.
According to 22-year-old George Ojwang, he sat for his Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams at the Salvation Army Thika School in 2020 and scored a mean grade of C+. He was then placed by KUCCPS at Masinde Muliro University in 2021.
The university, however, wrote back to him indicating that it could not admit him because it did not have special facilities for students with special needs like him. The university, therefore, gave him a release letter to take to KUCCPS which he submitted together with other relevant documents. He later, out of his initiative, went to Mt. Kenya University and got an admission which he took to KUCCPS for his admission but they failed to place him. Following a further follow-up, he was informed that KUCCPS was busy with the admission of students who sat for their KCSE in 2021 and 2022. The unresponsiveness by KUCCPS and his continued suffering impelled him to share his story on Ramogi TV on 18th September, 2023, which prompted the Commission to take up the issue on his behalf.
The Commission by way of inquiry took up the matter with the Chief Executive Officer, KUCCPS, on 20th September, 2023, leading to the placement of Mr. Ojwang to Kenyatta University to undertake a Bachelor of Education (Arts) French course.