Education Cabinet Secretary announces form one selection
Education Cabinet Secretary announces form one selection for the 1,233,852 candidates who sat for KCPE, 2022
Education Cabinet Secretary announces form one selection for the 1,233,852 candidates who sat for KCPE, 2022.
Ezekiel Machogu, the Education Cabinet Secretary, stated that the selection process for 1,233,852 candidates who sat for the 2022 KCPE would be completed by Tuesday, January 17.
Speaking to the media, Machogu said that the Ministry of Education employed a computer-generated placement system based on a certain institution’s performance, preferences, and capabilities.
Affirmative action is also used to promote equity for the underprivileged, particularly in national schools.
“Form One selection is computerized. That is what we used,” he told Nation.
Silas Obuhatsa, the chairman of the National Parents Association, encouraged the government to provide for equality between pupils from public and private institutions.
He also emphasized how the Form One Selection criterion favored students attending public schools, which hurt students attending private institutions.
The chairman urged everyone to support giving talented students from private schools a chance to be posted in national schools.
“We call for fairness in the selection that is solely conducted by the Ministry of Education. Children should be given a chance to join schools of their choice. Parents need to be involved in the exercise in the future,” he noted.
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Obuhatsa also urged the Ministry of Education to place students in schools that they selected, factoring in proximity to the school and travel expenses.
“Sending children to far-flung schools they never chose also needs to end,” he pointed out.
Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) Secretary-General Akelo Misori also echoed Obuhatsa’s remarks, calling for the Ministry of Education to ensure that the criteria are based on a candidate’s choice and performance.
“If a child is not selected to a school of his choice, he should be given a chance to join an institution of the same category. The criterion is according to the candidate’s choices and merit,” he noted.
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