Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha has reacted to parents’ complaints that the form one selection process wasn’t fair.

Speaking in Murang’a,the CS termed the process as very accurate and said that through the process, the ministry aimed at providing all learners with an equal learning platform regardless of their socio-economic backgrounds.

Magoha was reacting towards the sentiments of a section of parents who felt that his ministry was unfair in placing 2021 candidates in secondary schools. Earlier, the cs had given workable options to parents whose kids had been placed in far flung day schools or in schools they never selected.

Prof Magoha went on to add that he would treat the parents’ ranting with contempt since he was very proud how the selection was done.

“Parents who are unhappy about the schools their children have been selected to join can take the kids to private schools if they can afford it,”he said.

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He went on to add that their goal during the selection process was to ensure that all those who sat their KCPE exams got selected to secondary schools and that the selection was done based on the pupils’ performance.

“We cannot allow parents to have their way in this process because in doing so, the process will be very messy,”he said.

The CS added that if all learners are treated equally, the weakest links in the education sector will be addressed.

He concluded by lauding the government for establishing an affirmative fund for the children in slums which has led to the enrollment of 9,000 beneficiaries set to be admitted into schools of their choice.

The 2023 form one placement results have been announced. The 2023 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) candidates, who may not be pleased with the secondary school they have been selected to join, can now apply for readmission at their preferred schools.

It is important to note that the process of requesting for change of form one placement is done purely online.

How to change form one placement 

In order to apply for change of form one placement, follow the easy steps below;

The parent or guardian should place a request at the school of interest; where he/ she wants the kid to be transferred to. The school will then shortlist and merit all students in the waiting (request) list and make a decision on those they will like to absorb; depending on the available (unfilled) vacancies.

The school through the National Education Management System, NEMIS –http://nemis.education.go.ke/, shall enter the details of the selected candidates from their waiting list and request the Ministry to capture them in the new school.

Approval to the schools’ requests shall be granted at different levels depending on the Category of the school. Approval for National, Extra County and County schools will be granted by the Ministry’s Head Office, Regional Coordinators and County Directors of Education, respectively.

Once the approval has been granted, the learner will then be moved from the selection list of the first school to the latest (new) school.

The parent/ guardian will then go online and print the admission letter for the new school.

Change of placement is not reversible and caution must be taken to avoid being placed in schools not desired,” warns the Ministry.

When a school has made a decision to offer a place to a student, the school will proceed to enter the details of the student.

For National and Extra County schools, the same has to be approved while for county, sub county and private, the system accepts automatically.