Form One Selection per County and Region

List: Counties with Limited Form One Selection Capacity

Looking for the most appropriate secondary schools to fit your learner’s form one admission needs? Well, here is a list of counties that you need to avoid owing to the limited form-one vacancies available.

Nairobi County takes the lead in the list of counties with lesser form one selection capacity. The county has got 109 secondary schools with a declared form one placement capacity of 45, 089.

S/NO	COUNTY	SECONDARY SCHOOLS	DECLARED CAPACITY	LEARNERS	DEFICIT
1	Nairobi	109	45,089	72,145	45, 000
2	Kilifi	164	31 258	41 470	-10 212
3	Garissa	41	7 273	9908	-2635
4	Mombasa	56	12 801	22 360	-9 559
5	Kwale	104	22 633	24 442	-1809
6	Kajia	95	20 640	25 605	-4965
7	Taita Taveta	54	6 768	8 477	-1709
8	Turkana	53	12 096	16 798	-4700
9	Kitui	449	41 184	42 264	-1078
10	Narok	113	33 360	34 262	-902
11	Lamu	27	3 264	3 716	-4
12	Tana River	38	5 232	6 035	-803
13	Baringo	176	18 144	18 757	-613
14	West Pokot	185	16 178	16 697	-509

 

Nairobi county registered 72, 145 learners for form one placement this year. The county has got a deficit of 45,000 form one placement slots.

To mitigate the shortfall, candidates were placed in other counties with
sufficient capacities.
The above scenario can be considered an eye-opener to an underlying
problem that calls for serious early redress in the wake of CBC. It is
against this background that I will take the personal initiative to consult
with leadership from these areas to address this perennial deficit in
capacity
KCPE Candidates’ School Choices
During the selection, it became clear that a large number of candidates
did not receive proper guidance and direction when choosing schools.
This resulted in some schools attracting far many applicants against
their capacities. These schools included:

1 KABIANGA HIGH SCHOOL
153,074

768

2 NANYUKI HIGH SCHOOL
148,827

576

3 NYANDARUA HIGH SCHOOL
137,511

240

4 PANGANI GIRLS
119,265

384

5 MASENO SCHOOL
105,504

720

6
ALLIANCE GIRLS’ HIGH
SCHOOL

104,763

384

7 NAKURU HIGH SCHOOL
103,909

336

8 KAPSABET BOYS
99,542

384
23

9 MANGU HIGH SCHOOL
98,146

480

10
BUTERE GIRLS HIGH
SCHOOL

95,550

The results of the above means many candidates will not get their
choices and have to accept that it is not possible to be placed in their
“dream” school. I wish to call upon head teachers and parents to ensure
candidates make wise choices through proper advice.
In addition, it was noted that 33,984 students from 2,673 schools did
not select any school. To this end, I direct county directors of education
to establish the concerned schools with a view to instituting
administrative actions against the headteachers and/or schools
management for failing to adequately register learners for
examinations.

Form One Reporting Dates

The reporting period for all 2023 Form One students will be from 6th
February 2023 to 13th February 2023. In case of any queries, parents
are advised to visit their respective County Directors of Education for
assistance. I am directing that all admitted students should be captured
on NEMIS by 2nd March 2023. All the CDEs are required to ensure
compliance with this requirement.

Affirmative Action in Slums during Form One Selection

The Ministry has applied affirmative action to achieve equity for children
from the slum areas. In this year’s selection, 270 students from slum
areas were placed in national and extra-county schools of their choice.
This is in addition to those placed through merit and other criteria. This
intervention is in line with the government policy to achieve parity in
education by considering the needy and vulnerable children in informal
settlements in urban areas.
Placement of Refugees
For the first time, the Ministry placed 9,019 learners from primary
schools located in the refugee camps in public secondary schools. This
is in line with the 2017 Djibouti declaration on Regional Refugee
Education that stipulates the need to enhance the capacity of IGAD

member states to implement commitments to quality education and
learning for refugees and host communities.
Counties with limited capacities
The following Counties had inadequate capacities according to their
candidature as indicated in the list.

1 Nairobi 109

27,145 72,232

45,087
2 Kilifi 164

31,258 41,470

10,212
3 Mombasa 56

12,801 22,360

9,559
4 Kajiado 95

20,640 25,605

4,965
20
5 Turkana 63

12,096 16,796

4,700
6 Garissa 41

7,273 9,908

2,635
7 Kwale 104

22,633

24,442

1,809
8
Taita
Taveta 54

6,768 8,477

1,709
9 Kitui 449

41,184 42,262

1,078
10 Narok 171

33,360 34,262

902
11
Tana
River 38

5,232 6,035

803
12 Baringo 176

18,144 18,757

613
13
West
Pokot 185

16,178 16,687

509
14 Lamu 27

3,264 3,760

496