No Guaranteed Form One Selection 2023 to National Schools for Top KCPE Candidates. See Why
Education News Today: All the 1, 233, 852 KCPE candidates will get their form one placement results on 16th January, 2023. Unfortunately, there is no guarantee that all the candidates who attained the 400 pass mark for national schools will bag direct tickets to these highly- coveted first tier schools.
This is simply because form one selection 2023 was based on a variety of factors that encompass candidate’s school choices-most preferred schools, school capacity, KCPE merit and affirmative action (disability, gender parity and regional balance)
Form One Placement Criteria for National Schools; Form One Selection Results 2023
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KCPE Candidate’s School Choices
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KCPE Merit
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School Capacity
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Affirmative Action
KCPE Candidate’s School Choices
Before candidates sit for the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education, Knec releases a list school choices for KCPE candidates,
The list features a total of 8,890 schools that include National, Extra County, County and Sub County Schools.
A KCPE candidate is only allowed to choose a total of 11 schools. These include: Four national schools, three Extra County Schools, two County and Sub County schools, each.
If a candidate goes for the most preferred national schools listed below, s/he risks missing out on their most preferred national school this year.
Top 10, Best, Most Selected High Schools By Form 1 Students
| S/NO | SCHOOL | FORM ONE SELECTION CAPACITY | NUMBER OF
KCPE CANDIDATES |
COUNTY | REGION |
| 1. | NANYUKI HIGH | 480 | 156,003 | LAIKIPIA | RIFT VALLEY |
| 2. | KABIANGA HIGH | 528 | 149, 087 | KERICHO | RIFT VALLEY |
| 3. | PANGANI GIRLS | 336 | 118,073 | NAIROBI | NAIROBI |
| 4. | MASENO SCHOOL | 576 | 110, 811 | KISUMU | NYANZA |
| 5. | NAKURU HIGH | 336 | 107, 915 | NAKURU | RIFT VALLEY |
| 6. | ALLIANCE GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL | 384 | 104, 353 | KIAMBU | CENTRAL |
| 7. | KAPSABET BOYS HIGH | 384 | 99, 725 | NANDI | RIFT VALLEY |
| 9. | MANG’U HIGH | 432 | 93, 648 | KIAMBU | CENTRAL |
| 10. | MOI GIRLS ELDORET | 336 | 92, 666 | UASIN GISHU | RIFT VALLEY |
The schools listed above attract a mammoth crowd of form one placement applicants way beyond their declared capacities.
Candidates who select these schools should aim at over 415 KCPE marks to pull through.
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
Affirmative action is a technical terminology for a set of procedures designed to; eliminate unlawful discrimination among applicants, remedy the results of such prior discrimination, and prevent such discrimination in the future.
This form one selection criterion is applied in favor of disabled candidates or those from hardship areas (far flung, disease stricken, insecure, poor social amenities etc.)
Affirmative action ensures regional balance so that some KCPE candidates are not denied rightful places in form one selections.
The Ministry of Education therefore has the leeway to waive the pass mark for entry into national schools to accommodate such cases.
How to download a Form 1-2023 admission letter
It is vital to know that secondary schools do not give admission letters to students. The ministry of education has set up a simple online portal where students in Form One 2023 can easily receive their admission letter.
To download your letter, complete these steps:
- Go to: Form one 2023 admission letter For National Schools, Form one 2023 admission letter For Extra county Schools and Form one 2023 admission letter For County Schools.
- Select the county and sub-county you sat KCPE then key in your index number and Submit.
- Click on the link named “admission letter” at the bottom of the page for a copy of your admission letter.
- Use the printer icon to print or download icon to download to your computer.
- Get your primary school’s headteacher to endorse the letter and stamp it in the space provided.
Finally, present it for admission together with a certified copy of birth certificate
