Some 38,797 KCPE candidates have been selected to join national schools on May 3, 2022.

Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha says 214,960 others have been placed in extra county schools while 258,456 will be enrolled in county schools.

Another 726,311 students will be enrolled in subcounty schools while 2,045 have been placed in special needs schools. All the candidates are advised to download their form one admission letters by clicking here

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Magoha said more than 800 students from informal settlements are among those selected to join national and extra county schools.

He said their selection was based on affirmative action and was purely on merit.

Overall, a total of 1,214,031 candidates sat the 2021 KCPE exam.

Out of this number, 11,857 candidates scored between 400 and 500 marks.

Another 315,275 scored between 300 and 399 marks.A further 578,197 scored between 200 and 299 marks.

Usually, national schools can accommodate 29,712 students.

Extra county schools can enroll 123,399 students, county schools 142,358, while sub-county schools can accommodate 685,590 learners.

Private schools have a capacity of 69,880 students. There are 32 special needs secondary schools with a capacity of 1,453 students.

Candidates who scored 380 marks and above are ordinarily assured of places in national and extra county schools.

While releasing the results on Monday at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development, KICD, Nairobi, Magoha affirmed that all the 1.2 million students will get slots in secondary schools.

He, however, noted that most students were not guided while selecting schools they would like to join in Form One.

This, he noted, led to most national schools receiving overwhelming applications as the number of applicants surpassed available slots.

A case in point is Sironga Girls High School in Nyamira County which will enroll more than 800 Form One students.

Magoha urged the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to send more teachers to the school to match up the huge enrollment.

He said the school will be forced to have around 17 Form One streams.

Meanwhile, Magoha directed chiefs and sub chiefs to oversee construction of CBC classrooms and also ensure all students are enrolled in Form One.

The CS further advised that bursary funds from the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) be spend on learners in boarding schools, saying the government pays the entire costs of day secondary schools.

Form one selection results for 2021 KCPE Candidates are out. A majority of the candidates who scored 300 marks and above have been selected to join national schools. Among them, a section who are needy and their needs assesment status have been verified, have been awarded full scholarships. The results can be obtained through this procedure and will be availed once the portal is open for public access. (Click and keep checking during the day.)

Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha has kept his promise on Friday that candidates, who sat for the 2021 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education exams will know the secondary schools they have been placed in today.

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Speaking during the inspection of the completed Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) classrooms in Gilgil and Naivasha sub-counties, Prof Magoha said the placement was conducted in a fair manner.

He called on parents to be satisfied with the schools, where their children have been placed, promising they will be taught by competent teachers.

“I can now confirm that by today, parents will know where their children have been placed,” Magoha said.

This year’s placement is likely to see thousands of candidates who did not score 400 marks and above join national schools, which have the capacity to accommodate over 30,000 students.

The ministry’s last year data shows that some 36,254 candidates were placed in national schools, 201,077 in extra-county schools,1.2 million in county schools, 1,827 in special needs schools, and 718,516 in sub-county schools.

In the 2021 KCPE exam, some 11,857 candidates scored between 400 and 500 marks, compared to the 8,091 in 2020, increasing the number by 3,766.

Another 315,275 candidates scored between 300 and 399 marks, compared to the 282,090 who scored the same marks in 2020; while 578,197 candidates scored between 200 and 299 marks, compared to the 589,027 candidates under the same category in 2020.

He assured that bright and needy learners will be placed in good schools and most of them will receive scholarships.

Magoha said his office was aware of needy cases including a letter by lawyer Fridah Lotuiya, from Baringo pleading with the Ministry to have a special selection for Baringo students. He revealed that President Uhuru Kenyatta already issued a directive on the matter.

Lotuiya, in her letter, had pleaded with the ministry to consider offering scholarships to students, who had been affected by bandits attacks.