2024 Form One Selection and Placement; How schools shared vacancies

Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu has given a breakdown on how the 2024 form one slots were shared by schools. According to CS Machogu, a total of 1,400,329 students out of the 1,406, 557 who sat the 2023 KCPE examination secured form one placements in various high schools in Kenya.

Machogu has at the same time announced the official joining date for Form One which will be on January 15, 2024.

All students who scored 400 and above at the 2023 KCPE exams were placed in either national or extra-county schools of their choice. The rest were placed in county and Sub-County schools.

Machogu reported that Students with special needs were placed in either disability or regular schools based on their disability categories, merits and choice.

Of the selected students, Machogu announced that the boys were the majority and grabbed 717,358 are boys. Girls on the other had scooped 682,971 slots.

National schools collectively admitted 42,927 students; with 22,051 being boys and girls are 20,876.

Extra-County schools got 276,746 form one admissions; 141,590 being boys and 133,156 girls.

288,201 have been placed in county schools with 129,332 of them being boys and girls are 158,869.

In Sub-county schools, 423,171 boys have been placed in different institutions and 369,059 are girls bringing the total to 792,230.

On the other hand, 2,225 students with special needs have been placed relevant institutions; 1,214 are boys and 1,011 are girls.

“The selection process was strictly guided by the principles of merit, affirmative action and availability of space,” said Machogu.

Overage students were however hot admitted and have been forwarded to the Directorate of Adults and Continuing Education.

Among the placed students, 130 students from informal settlements in urban areas have been placed in national schools and 167 have been placed in extra-county learning institutions – 150 are girls and 147 are boys.

CS Machogu also added that vulnerable and marginalized learners who attained 280 and above, a total of 14,426, will benefit from government scholarships.

He said that candidates with special needs and disabilities who attained 280 and below will also be eligible for the scholarships and refugees who attained 240 (girls) and 250 (boys) will also benefit from the scholarships.

The Elimu scholarships, awarded in partnership with the Jomo Kenyatta Foundation and the Equity Group Foundations, will push the number of beneficiaries to 52,000.