Form One Selection News Today

All candidates who scored 400 marks and above have been placed in either national or extra county schools of their liking, Machogu says.

A record 1,415,315 candidates sat the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education examination this year.

The chairman pointed out that the Form One Selection criteria favoured students from public schools, and subsequently disadvantaged those in private schools.

The placement to secondary school is computerised, and learners are placed based on factors such as their performance and capacity of the schools.

Candidates had only six months to prepare for the tests following the disruption on the academic calendar caused by the pandemic.

Moi Primary School, a public school in Nakuru City, emerged top in the region with over 20 pupils scoring 400 marks.

Pupils in distant and marginalised counties in Coast region topped list of best performers.

It is high time education stakeholders analysed some of the regulations and policies to gauge whether they meet their objectives.

Form One reporting days have over the past been characterised by frustrated parents calling on the State to intervene so their children can get justice.

County Commissioner Apollo Okello has instructed area chiefs to make follow-ups on the whereabouts of the missing learners.