Students are constantly rejected from courses of their choice year in year out. Because they do not understand the KUCCPS cluster points system. Fortunately, you can learn how to calculate cluster points and save yourself the rejection headache.

Ideally, the KCSE cluster points are affected by the KCSE performance of the entire candidate population. This means that some years, the cluster points may be higher than in other years.

The formula below will assist you to calculate cluster points in Kenya;

w=√(r/m*api/spi)*48

Symbol Meanings

• w: Weighted Cluster Point
• c: Raw Cluster Point
• a: Aggregate Cluster Point
• m: Maximum performance index per cluster for all students and subjects
• r: Raw cluster performance index per cluster for all subjects enrolled
• api: Aggregate performance index
• spi: Maximum performance index

You will need to have a good grasp of the various performance index factors listed above as they are essential in finding cluster points that apply to your overall points.

How Do I Get My Cluster Points?

• Get your raw cluster points for the subjects grades relevant to your course of choice
• Then get your weighted and aggregate cluster points
• Use the performance index figures to calculate your cluster points

Key Pointers About How to Calculate Cluster Points

KCSE grading points are standard making it easy to calculate your raw cluster points. You can also use already pre-programmed calculators to calculate your cluster points. But there is not guarantee they are 100% accurate.