NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 15 – Form One admissions for the last cohort of students who sat for the 2023 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examinations have begun nationwide.
These students will be the final group to take the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE).
Out of the 1,400,329 students who sat the 2023 KCPE, 42,927 have been placed in National Schools, 2,225 in Special Needs Education institutions, 274,746 in Extra County schools, 288,201 in County schools, and 792,230 in Sub-county schools.
A total of 717,358 boys and 682,971 girls have secured placements in various categories of schools, including National schools, Special Needs Education institutions, Extra County schools, County schools, and Sub-County schools.
These placements were announced by Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu on December 18, 2023.
Notable schools such as Kabianga High School, Nanyuki High School, Pangani Girls High School, Kapsabet Boys High School, Alliance Girls High School, Maseno School, Nakuru High School, Butere Girls High School, Mang’u High School, and Alliance High School have been selected by a significant number of students.
During the announcement of the Form One placement results, Education Cabinet Secretary Machogu cautioned school heads against coercing parents to purchase uniforms from specific outlets or selling uniforms directly to parents. He also warned against imposing extra levies on parents, emphasizing that principals who violated the Ministry of Education’s policies on fee payment would face consequences.
Machogu stressed that any fee increases would require explicit approval from his office and that parents were currently facing financial challenges. He warned school principals that they would be held accountable for any unauthorized fee hikes, stating, “If any monkey business is done anywhere, the information will come. Unless there is express approval from my office, no fee increase should happen. If I get it that it has been increased, you principals will be the first victims.”
