2024 KCSE candidates set to collect certificates as KUCCPS portal nears closure
The CS emphasized that collecting the certificates was essential for students to access employment.
2024 candidates who sat for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations will be able to collect their certificates starting this week, Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba has announced.
Speaking during an event in Kisii on Sunday, April 27, Ogamba called on school principals to ensure that students pick up their certificates without delay.
"Certificates of 2024 KCSE will be out this coming week, so I would like to urge teachers to call students to go for their certificates so that they may be able to have jobs and other things," he said.
The CS emphasized that collecting the certificates was essential for students to access employment and further academic opportunities.
He also reminded guardians to encourage students to complete their university applications before the set deadline of April 30, 2025, noting that 72 percent of eligible students have already applied.
"We are continuing to enroll students who got a C+ and above in the universities, and we set the deadline as April 30. I would like to encourage students who have not applied to apply within this period," he stated.
In 2024, a total of 962,512 candidates sat for the KCSE examinations, with 246,391 of them attaining a grade of C+ and above, qualifying them for university admission.
The Ministry of Education is keen to ensure that all eligible students take advantage of available opportunities to further their education.
Ogamba also issued a firm warning to principals who have withheld examination certificates from students due to unpaid school fees.
He made it clear that the government would begin taking disciplinary action next week against school heads who fail to comply with the directive to release all certificates.
"The other day, I issued a directive that teachers holding certificates should release them to all the students, and I gave a deadline, and the deadline has already passed, so from next week, we will be taking action against teachers who are still withholding the certificates," he said.
His remarks follow a statement by government spokesperson Isaac Mwaura, who recently condemned the unlawful withholding of certificates by school heads.
In a statement issued on Monday, April 14, Mwaura stressed that examination certificates are the property of the students and that denying access to them was a breach of both educational principles and the law.
"Denying any student access to their academic credentials undermines the very foundation of our education system and compromises the rights of the child," he said.
"The government will not tolerate this continued impunity, and stern actions will be taken against schools that continue to defy this directive."
Earlier on March 17, Ogamba disclosed plans to allow students to collect their certificates from subcounty education offices rather than their former schools, aiming to eliminate obstacles that delay certificate access.