Form One Admission List To Be Published Next Week – Magoha

NAIROBI,Kenya, Apr, 7 –  The form One selection exercise is ongoing smoothly with Education Cabinet Secretary professor George Magoha saying that the exercise will be completed by next week on Tuesday.

Candidates of the recently announced Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination results are expected to learn their fate, in terms of which secondary school they will join come next term.

Magoha has reiterated that the exercise will be fair and that all learners will receive equal opportunities regardless of their background.

“The selection results could be out either on Monday or Tuesday. I want to go personally and make sure that nobody has corrupted it and that we have protected the weakest link,” said Magoha who further noted that, “Kenya is a rainbow country. In a school like this one (Kenya High), I would like to see a Samburu girl here… not a Samburu girl who sat her exam in Nairobi, but somewhere in Maralal. Whether anybody likes it or not, we will do that,” he said.

Magoha made the remarks at Kenya High School where he commissioned a Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) classroom.

This process is expected to see learners in unprivileged backgrounds join schools that have long been considered as those for the ‘elite’.

“The best of the best will come here (Kenya High) but we shall have affirmative action to ensure that national schools represent the Kenyan fabric, unlike in the past where children from poor backgrounds used to be elbowed out due to lack of money.” he said.

Meanwhile the government has already announced that those learners that might encounter financial difficulties will benefit from the Elimu Scholarship programme.

9,000 learners are set to benefit.

The government has already set the ball rolling for the implementation of the 100 per cent transition to secondary school.

Parents will after the exercise have two weeks to ensure their children join secondary school.

11,857 candidates who scored 400 marks and above in the KCPE examination are expected to join national schools.

According to the ministry of education, 103 national schools across the country have a capacity of about 30,000 learners. 

Magoha also revealed that KCSE exams rusts will be at the end of the month.

“As promised, the KCSE results will be released at the end of this month. There will definitely be casualties … voluntary casualties, because nobody forced them to try to steal the exam. There is a price to pay,”

According to the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC), 831,026 candidates sat the examination in more than 10,000 centres nationwide.