Form One selection begins

Form One selection for the candidates who sat the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examinations will begin today (Thursday, December 1).

The selection will follow immediately after the release of the results by the Ministry of Education and the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC).

This is against the norm where the selection process has always been done in January while results have been released late December.

Over 950,000 pupils sat for the KCPE exam early November.

Last year, the Ministry of Education issued new guidelines on the selection process.

Releasing the guidelines last year, Education Principal Secretary, Belio Kipsang, wrote to County Directors of Education and secondary school heads saying that the selection process would be on merit, equity and choice of schools.

He said that five top boys and girls in every sub-county would be placed in national schools of their choice.

“The top three candidates will be selected first across all sub-counties and then the remaining two according to their marks because there are areas with very few students hence the equity requirement,” he said.

Other pupils in every sub-county would be selected according to their marks between public and private schools.

Candidates who are not admitted to schools of their choice will be placed in schools of comparable level of performance.