Education CS George Magoha has instructed school heads not to admit Form Ones in schools they were not placed in.

He maintained that all Form One students should report to the schools they were placed in unless constrained by special circumstances such as medical condition. Those found issuing transfer letters to form ones will face the law.

“What will determine a child’s performance is most importantly the child’s self-drive and discipline,” he said.

The CS was reacting to the low numbers of Form Ones that have reported in secondary schools so far.

Magoha urged parents to desist from keeping their children at home in the hope that they will be taken to other schools.

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“Stop keeping the children home because you think they are going to be taken to another school. That’s not going to happen,” he said.

The CS pointed out that middle class families are the most persistent in trying to get their children into different schools from the ones they were placed in.

“If you are a middle class and you are not happy where your child has been taken, please take them to private schools and pay school fees for them,” Magoha said.

“Stop destabilizing the government system which is actually efficient.”

Magoha was speaking at Kisumu Girls high school on Saturday, when he was inspecting the status of form one admission.

The CS noted that every Kenyan school is well funded and capitation for every child is paid to the same level.

Magoha further stated that all the children should go to school and be sure that they are going to be received.

“We are going to work quickly to identify those extremely poor. For the parents who don’t have enough money, send your child with the money that you have as you look for the rest of the money.”

Form One placement results for Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) candidates will be released tomorrow, Education CS Prof George Magoha has announced.

The more than 1.2 million learners who sat the 2021 KCPE examinations will get to know the secondary schools they have been placed tomorrow. This is to make parents start early preparations for taking their children to high schools.

“I want to check the results personally just to be sure that no one has corrupted them and that we have protected the weakest link,” said Prof Magoha.

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Prof Magoha reassured parents that all children who sat the KCPE examinations would have an equal chance to access national schools based on performance, choices and affirmative action.

According to the CS, Form One selection will be done on merit, where affirmative action will be applied to ensure all national schools have a national outlook.

He said no child will be disadvantaged in the placement process, and insisted that not all candidates who scored over 400 marks will get placement in national schools.

Prof Magoha said the selection criteria also favours candidates who sat the exam under disadvantaged conditions and scored high marks.

“We shall place the best of the best in national schools, but we shall apply affirmative action to ensure these schools represent the Kenyan fabric. A child who scores 399 in harsh environment is capable of doing better if they get equal opportunities as one in Nairobi,” the CS said.

He dismissed critics opposed to the selection formula and said some 9,000 government-sponsored Elimu Scholarships would benefit top scorers who lack capacities to join secondary schools.

“Out of the 9,000 slots, 4,000 will cater for disadvantaged children in urban slums and others will be fairly distributed across all the sub-counties,” he said.

The programme will benefit children from poor families who, in the past, have been elbowed aside and their chances sold to rich families.

“We’ll be very fair in this exercise and you’ll hear a lot of noise from people who are used to those unfair placement schemes. I’m more attracted to that child from slums who has scored reasonably well and has no capacity to join a good school,” Prof Magoha added.

The CS also announced that KCSE results will be released by the end of April.

“We must deliver credible exams that put all the students on an equal pedestal. Anyone who dares mess with their integrity will face the law.

“Anybody who was found to aid in exam cheating shall be punished according to the Kenya National Examination Council’s laws. Students who were involved in exam cheating will also have a price to pay because nobody forced you to steal,” he warned.

The Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec) says schools can download the result slips for their candidates beginning today 30^th March. KNEC will activate the portal today and anyone interested in the result slips and has log in details will proceed to download the result slips.

By close of business yesterday, many schools were unable to download the results from the Knec online portal despite pressure from pupils who want to seek scholarship opportunities and their parents.

The below error code would be displayed anytime one tried to log in to the portal.

HTTP ERROR:504

Gateway Timeout

RequestURI=http://knec-portal.ac.ke/KCPESLIP/

The reason for the error was because the portal was still inactive. Once the portal is activated, there will be no error while downloading the result slip. Should the error appear again, it could be caused by too many requests by schools trying to access the same portal at the same time.

Knec has also updated the CBA portal to allow schools access their candidates’ results slips.

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Magata Bruce Mackenzie from Gilgil Hills Academy emerged best candidate in the 2021 KCPE after scoring 428 of the possible 500.

This is, however, five points lower than the 2020 KCPE top candidate, who scored 433 marks. Ashley Kerubo Momanyi from Makini School, Kibos, came second with 427 marks.

Six other students tied in position three with 426 marks. They are Kwoma Charity Bakhoya Buyanzi of Holy Family Misikhu Girls Primary School, Mbugua Sharon Wairimu of Emmanuel Academy and Mueti Shantel Ndinda of Kitengela International School.

Others are Stanley Otieno Omondi of Rophine Field Junior School, Wekesa Naomi Neema of White Star Academy and Kimani Ethan Karuga – Stepping Stones Preparatory.