[Boniface Okendo, Standard]Candidates who sat last year’s Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination will join Form One places on August 2, 2021, Education CS George Magoha has announced. A total of 36, 254 candidates will join national schools; 17,406 girls and 18,848 boys, Magoha said. 213,591 candidates will attend county schools; 115,325 girls and 98,256 boys, while 718,516 are set to join sub-county schools- 357,029 girls and 361,487 boys. He also challenged school heads to ensure candidates made wiser decisions as pertains the selection of schools, saying that some candidates will miss their preferred schools due to an influx. Out of the 1,179,192 candidates who sat the exam, 1,171,265 will join public secondary schools.

Source: Standard Digital June 15, 2021 07:31 UTC