Form One Selection Postponed To Mid June By Magoha

Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha on Monday 24^th May, postponed form one selection, saying that the government was yet to commence the selection exercise but assured that all candidates who sat for the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) will be placed in secondary schools.

Speaking in Nairobi during a ceremony held at the Joseph Kagethe Primary School, Education CS Magoha, reaffirmed the government’s commitment to 100 percent transition.

Placement of 2020 KCSE candidates to technical colleges will, however, begin on Monday. Those who qualified for university placement under government sponsorship have also been instructed to review their degree choices.

They will be placed in universities in July. A total of 160,000 places have been identified in public and private universities.

“Form one selection is going to commence soon and we will announce to the public by 15th June, there is no cause for alarm because we shall place all students to form one. Those children who are poor but intelligent have a chance at excellent schools. I will take part in the selection to ensure they are guaranteed,” he said

Results of the nearly 800,000 students who wrote the KCPE exams were announced on May 10 According to the revised school calendar, term one of 2021 will begin on July 26.

The selection criteria are purely pegged on the KCSE candidates’ preferred courses and their performance in respective cluster subjects during the 2020 exams.

Students who scored C+ and above will proceed to universities while the rest will be placed at Technical and Vocational Education and Training institutions.

Magoha, who spoke while releasing the results in Mitihani House noted that 747,161 students who sat for the exams posted impressive results with 893 students scoring A plain.

A lockdown, eight-month school closure, and a half-hearted attempt at online learning did not stop the 2020 KCPE exam candidates from posting good grades. Candidates, parents, and education managers had worried the performance would be poor because of the Covid-19 disruptions.

Stakeholders called for the examiners to factor in the unique circumstances, but the candidates weathered the storm and are all expected to transition to secondary school. It is the government policy to ensure 100 percent transition.