KMTC turns away 2,305 picked by State agency, admits 4,860 students through its initiative

KMTC turns away 2,305 picked by State agency, admits 4,860 students through its initiative

KMTC turns away 2,305 picked by State agency, admits 4,860 students through its initiative

final day of review of september intake in kmtc - Alex Munene, one of the students who applied through Kenya University and Colleges Central Placement Service, goes through the list posted on the notice board by the Kenya Medical Training College. [PHOTO: JENIPHER WACHIE
NAIROBI: Parents and students are in anguish over parallel admissions by State agencies tussling for the control of public institutions that train health workers.
The Kenya University and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) has admitted 2,305 students to the 42 Kenya Medical Training Colleges (KMTC) across the country.
But KMTC management, backed by the Ministry of Health, has rejected the admissions arguing KUCCPS has no mandate to enroll students in its institutions.
KMTC has already admitted 4,860 students through its own advertisement and they are scheduled to report in September this year.
Caught in the standoff are the 2,300 students who are at a loss as to why they are being tossed around by government institutions and yet they are supposed to join the colleges in September.
The students, who had applied online through KUCCPS, were shortlisted and their names and index numbers published in the dailies, have been making trips to KMTC to pick their letters only to be turned away.
Among them is Alex Munene, 18, who applied to be admitted to KMTC through KUCCPS to study a diploma course in orthopedics. Tuesday, when he went to pick his letter of admission at KMTC headquarters in Nairobi, his name was not on the list.
KMTC Board Chairman Philip Kaloki insisted that the institution has the mandate under the KMTC Act to admit its own students and does not require the services of KUCCPS.
Health Cabinet Secretary James Macharia said KMTC had the mandate to recruit and train nurses and other health professionals and hence only its management could admit students to its colleges.
"We have written to KUCCPS and shall not have any compromise in that. It's KMTC that has the mandate under the Act which is still very intact and has not been repealed," Mr Macharia said.
KUCCPS Chief Executive Officer John Muraguri admitted that there was a standoff between the two government institutions.
Mr Muraguri said KMTC wanted to cling to its mandate given explicitly under the Universities Act of 2012 that formed KUCCPS



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