The first version of Degree choices by individual candidates will commence January 30, and end on February 17, 2017.

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The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) said all 2016 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) candidates who scored a minimum overall grade of C+ (plus) and above, would be placed to pursue degree courses of their choice in public and private universities, as government-sponsored students.

"Candidates who wish to pursue diploma courses will also have an opportunity to apply during the First Revision,'' said KUCCPS  Executive, John Muraguri.

The minimum requirement for placement into diploma courses is C - (minus) and the application is open to 2016 KCSE candidates and those from previous years.