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Some 42,927 learners were able to secure places in national schools of the total admitted 22,051 were boys while 20,876 were girls.
- A majority, 792, 230 learners (423, 171 boys and 369,059 girls) got places in Sub-County schools.
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Form one admission for the last cohort that sat the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education is set to begin on Monday across the country.
This cohort will also be the last cohort to sit the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education.
1.4 million learners sat the last KCPE exam.
42,927 learners were able to secure places in national schools.
Of the total admitted to national schools, 22,051 were boys while 20,876 were girls.
Some 2,225 learners secured places in Special Needs schools (1,214 boys and 1,011 girls).
At least 274, 746 candidates (141, 590 boys and 133,156 girls) got placements in Extra County schools while 288, 201 learners (129,332 boys and 158,869 girls) secured placement in County schools.
A majority, 792, 230 learners (423, 171 boys and 369,059 girls) got places in Sub-County schools.
In the placement, all candidates who scored 400 Marks and above were placed in either the National or Extra County schools of their choice.
The performance of the learners was a major criterion for placement into secondary schools.
As the 1.4 million learners flock to various secondary schools, congestion is expected in most public schools.
Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu urged that all joining instructions for form one are complied with.
Among the admission instructions by the CS was that school heads should not force parents to buy uniforms for Form Ones from specific outlets or sell uniforms to parents from the institution.
Machogu also warned school heads against charging parents extra levies
He warned that principals will be punished should they be found violating the Ministry of Education’s policy on fee payment in terms of the amounts set and the manner of their collection.
The CS said the tough economy has affected many parents and increasing school fees will be unfair to them.
"I wish to state that the boarding fees charged in public secondary schools will remain unchanged in 2024," CS Machogu said when he released the form one placement results in December 2023.
“If any monkey business is done anywhere, the information will come. Parents are undergoing difficult financial challenges. Unless there is express approval from my office, no fee increase should happen.
"If I get it [that] has been increased, you [principals] will be the first victims.”
He said no schools should start releasing new circulars demanding more fees.
“Don’t go beyond the powers given to you,” he told the school heads.