KCPE Candidates who received their national examinations results in March this year have been placed into various schools across the country.
This has been confirmed by Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha who announced the placement of over 1.2 million pupils who sat their KCPE exams in March this year.
Magoha who was speaking in Nairobi noted that the selection and placement of students in secondary schools was done through a computerized system that saw all placed.
The CS added that parents and candidates who sat the 2021 KCPE can check their selection remotely using SMS or on the Ministry of Education website.
SMS option is also available with candidates required to send only their index number to 22263.
Consequently, form One students will be required to report to school on Tuesday, May 3, 2022.
Additionally, schools can also access a complete list of their candidates’ Form One selection by accessing the National Education Management Information System Nemis portal.
The breakdown provided by the ministry indicates that 38,797 candidates were placed in national schools, 214,960 in extra county, 258,456 in county schools, 726,311 in Sub-county schools and 2,045 in special needs schools.
The Education CS added that he noted with concern that a number of KCPE candidates struggled with selecting schools noting that they had not received proper guidance on the same. He urged parents and teachers to step in and assist them in the process.
He also noted that his Ministry will work with the Ministry of Interior headed by CS Fred Matiang’i to ensure that all learners join secondary schools.
