This archive report was first published on 2 December 2019.
On Monday, Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha officially announced the outcome of the 2019 Form One selection process in Naivasha, where a team from the Ministries of Education and ICT oversaw the process.
According to the announcement, 1,075,201 pupils were selected out of 1,083,456 candidates who sat this year's KCPE exam.
Prof. Magoha revealed that 33,000 pupils were selected to join national schools next year, while 184,000 pupils are set to join extra-county schools, 188,000 will join county schools, and 669,000 pupils will be accommodated in sub-county schools.
The Education CS noted that the biggest challenge in the selection process was where certain candidates only selected two slots of schools out of the possible 11, thus the placement officials had to decide where to place the learners.
Prof. Magoha assured that very minimal cases of pupils being placed in schools they did not select should be expected.
“In over 95% of the cases, you will find that the child was admitted to the schools in which they applied for but the biggest problem is for those pupils who only chose to select two schools yet there are 11 slots. When you have already committed suicide yourself, we shall select for you,” he said.
To check the secondary school where KCPE candidates have been placed, candidates can send their index number to 22263, which will cost Ksh. 25, or log on to www.education.go.ke.
