The Ministry of Education has announced that a total of 33,984 candidates who sat the 2022 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examinations did not make any selection of a secondary school they would wish to join.
The candidates were from some 2673 schools from across the country.
Speaking on Monday when he released the Form One selection and placement results for the 2022 KCPE candidates, Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu blamed school heads for the anomaly.
Machogu directed County Directors of Education to investigate schools whose candidates failed to make selections and take action on the school heads.
The CS however said the candidates who did not make selections have been placed in different schools.
“However the Ministry has placed them in schools,”said Machogu.
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At the same time, the Ministry has announced that no secondary schools will be allowed to admit Form One students beyond their capacity.
CS Machogu called on candidates who missed their schools of choice to accept schools they have been placed in.
The Education Ministry says many candidates will miss the schools they had selected.
Top secondary schools recorded highest selections
Additionally, CS Machogu announced top schools that received the highest number of selections against their capacity.
The schools include Kabianga High which received 153,078 applications against it’s capacity of 768, while Nanyuki High had a total of 148,877 applications against a capacity of 516.
Nyandarua High school with a Form One capacity of 240 recorded a total of 137,511 selection applications with Kapsabet Boys recording 109,000 applications against a 384 Form One capacity.
Other top schools that received the highest number of applications included Mangu High at 98,146 against its 480 capacity, Butere Girls at 95,550 against a capacity of 768 and Nakuru High at 103,909 against a capacity of 336.
Pangani Girls, Maseno school and Alliance Girls recorded 119,265, 105,504 and 104,765 applications against a capacity of 384, 220 and 384 respectively.
Further, CS Machogu announced that Form One reporting dates will run from 6-13 February 2023.
