Form One Selection: How to change form one Placement in 2021
The 2021 form one placement results have been announced. The 2020 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) candidates, who may not be pleased with the secondary school they have been selected to join, can now apply for readmission at their preferred schools.
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It is important to note that the process of requesting for change of form one placement is done purely online.
HOW TO CHANGE FORM ONE PLACEMENT IN 2021
In order to apply for change of form one placement, follow the easy steps below;
The parent or guardian should place a request at the school of interest; where he/ she wants the kid to be transferred to. The school will then shortlist and merit all students in the waiting (request) list and make a decision on those they will like to absorb; depending on the available (unfilled) vacancies.
The school through the National Education Management System, NEMIS –https://nemis.education.go.ke/, shall enter the details of the selected candidates from their waiting list and request the Ministry to capture them in the new school.
Approval to the schools’ requests shall be granted at different levels depending on the Category of the school. Approval for National, Extra County and County schools will be granted by the Ministry’s Head Office, Regional Coordinators and County Directors of Education, respectively.
Once the approval has been granted, the learner will then be moved from the selection list of the first school to the latest (new) school.
The parent/ guardian will then go online and print the admission letter for the new school.
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“Change of placement is not reversible and caution must be taken to avoid being placed in schools not desired,” warns the Ministry.
When a school has made a decision to offer a place to a student, the school will proceed to enter the details of the student.
For National and Extra County schools, the same has to be approved while for county, sub county and private, the system accepts automatically.
Please note that the application for change in form one admission is subject to availability of vacancy in the desired school.
HOW SCHOOLS CAN REQUEST FOR EXTRA VACANCIES
Where the capacity of a school has improved due to development of additional facilities in the year, a principal must request for placement of additional students and approval in NEMIS.
KCSE 2021 top performing national schools accused of doctoring form one placement results 2021; a full list of 7 national schools warned over pre-selection of KCPE candidates by Education Ministry
More rot has been brought to light in our Kenyan Education system after the Ministry of Education was obliged to put 7 KCSE top performing national schools on notice following claims bordering on unfair selection of form ones to their schools.
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The principals of the seven national schools have already been warned about attempts to pre-select KCPE candidates hence interfering with the upcoming 2021 form one selection exercise and placement results.
The Ministry seems to have reached a resolution- trashing the pre-selected candidates to ensure fair selection.
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These National schools include: Starehe Girls, Starehe Boys, Utumishi Boys among others. Click on the following link to get the full details
Are you looking for the official Ministry of Education form one placement results and selection lists for 2020/2021 KCPE candidates?
Here is a quick guide to the official MoE Form One Selection 2021 portal online:
Once you access the portal online, you can easily check your 2021 form 1 placement results, view your 2021 Form 1 Admission Letter and Download your 2021 admission letter to National Schools, Extra County Secondary Schools, County Schools, Sub-county schools
This is how to check online and download the Form one Selection/ placement and intake) admission results 2021 .
In the year 2021, over 1 million candidates sat for the KCPE exam. All the pupils have been placed in secondary schools as per the 100 percent transition policy.
This number excludes inmates, overage candidates and those in refugee camps.
2021 form one placement results for national and extra county schools- admission lists
Based on previous form one placement results, in 2021, approximately 33,000 KCPE candidates will be admitted to national schools.
About 184, 816 will be admitted to Extra County Schools.
188, 454 candidates will be admitted to county schools and 777 to Special Needs Education institutions.
2021 form one admission dates
All students are expected to report to their various schools in July 2021.
In the Ministry of Education website, there is a form 1 selection list for all KCPE candidates in all schools in Kenya. Besides this, you will access the following information:
List of admission into either National, County & Extra-County schools
2021 form one admission letter(s)
Form one Selection 2021 – Form One Selection Confirmation by SMS
Parents and candidates can easily confirm the secondary schools that their children have been selected to join by sending an SMS with the candidate’s Index Number to 22263 from any network. Cost of the SMS is Ksh. 25.
Form one Selection 2021: How to Check Online the Secondary School You Have Been Admitted To and Download your form one admission letter in 2021
Since the Form one Admission letters are posted on the Education ministry website, follow the procedure below to download and print your copy.
Time needed: 3 minutes.
How to Check Online the Secondary School You Have Been Admitted To
Step 1:
Got to the Ministry of Education Website
Step 2:
Select the county and sub-county where the candidate sat for KCPE Exam
Step 3:
Enter your KCPE index number.
Step 4:
Click Submit
Step 5:
Click on the admission letter at the bottom of the page to download and print.
After you download and print your Form 1 Admission Letter, present it, together with your passport size photos, and results slip, to the school where you sat for your KCPE Exam for endorsement. Thereafter present the endorsed documents to the secondary school where you are required to report.
MOE adopts new selection formula for placement of KCPE 2020 Candidates in secondary schools
The Ministry of Education has introduced a new selection formula for secondary school placement for 1,179,182 pupils who sat for the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exams this year.
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The ministry says it will conduct only one selection and placement exercise in 2021 as compared to earlier selection exercises which opened the process to parents and candidates to choose their preferred schools during the second round of selection.
The new formula will likely affect candidates who scored less than 350 marks who normally land their selected schools during the second selection phase.
8,091 candidates scored above 400 marks while 282,090 candidates scored between 300 and 399 marks in the 2020 KCPE exam.
Education CS Magoha affirmed to parents that the new process would ensure learners get a fair opportunity in securing top slots in the coveted county and national schools.
“We want a system that will pick the best brains from Kiandutu slums in Thika and take them to Alliance Girls High school” Magoha stated.
The form one selection process is normally determined by merit, candidate’s preferences, regional balance, and affirmative action which opts to favour students in regional areas.
Regional balance helps students who soared higher marks in their counties or sub-counties get an opportunity to join national schools. On Thursday, April 15, during the release of the 2020 KCPE results Professor Magoha announced that there would be a 100 percent transition of all candidates into secondary schools.
He also stated that the government would give 9,000 scholarships to students from needy and poor backgrounds.
“I wish to assure the country that the Ministry has already conducted an audit of all new and existing vacancies in all our private and public schools to enable us to admit all learners under the Free Day Secondary Education program.
“We are determined to work with the relevant agencies to ensure that no candidate misses a place in secondary school,” he stated.
KCPE 2020-2021 candidates can therefore check their Placement Results by following the instructions
How To Compose and Send the Form One Selection Results SMS via 22263
TO RECEIVE YOUR 2021 FORM ONE SELECTION RESULTS;
Using your mobile phone, access the SMS (Messages) tab and create/ compose a new message.
Fill in the recipient’s details, in this case- the SMS code (where to send the sms to) as 22263
Enter your KCPE 2020 index number in full (11 digits); see image below.
Confirm whether you have entered the correct details. Once you are satisfied that the index number and recipient details are correct, send the SMS.
Kindly bear in mind that this is a premium service. Therefore you will have to pay Sh25 per an SMS.
In case the SMS from the Ministry of Education delays, kindly be a little bit patient before sending the SMS again.
This is because, immediately the placement results are announced, there will be many anxious KCPE candidates trying to access this service by sending same SMSs and this may prompt the delay.
Finally, only send the placement confirmation SMS once the Ministry of Education formally releases the results to the public.
The next Step,is to download your 2021 form one admission letter online.
Below is a simplified procedure ;
How to download 2021 form one admission letters online
2021 Form One Selection Parameters
It is the responsibility of the Ministry of Education to place all the 2020 KCPE candidates to their secondary school of choice.
The Ministry places the students to all public National, Extra County, County and Sub County schools.
Placement of the KCPE 2020 candidates is done based on criteria set by the Ministry of Education.
Top on the list of factors that the Ministry considers is the candidate’s performance (total marks) in the KCPE 2020 examinations. Students with the highest scores (Over 400) are always placed at National Schools.
The vice versa is versa is true as students with lowest scores are placed in Sub County schools.
Another criteria that is considered is affirmative action; where the cut off marks for form one selection is lowered considerably for vulnerable groups of students.
The general performance at the KCPE examinations is also a key determinant in determining the cut-off points for the various categories of schools.
Last, but not least, the form one admissions is pegged on the specific schools’ Form one capacities. This is the maximum number of form one students that a school can accommodate; based on the available space and physical facilities. Schools can request for change of 2021 form one placements (Adjustment of school’s form one capacity).
Where the capacity of a school has improved due to development of additional facilities in the year, a principal must request for placement of additional students and approval in NEMIS.
After the application, the Ministry reviews and adjusts the school’s form one capacity; usually by allowing the school to admit more form one students.
