By Malachi Motano
2020 KCPE candidates -PHOTO-FILE
Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha has said the candidates who sat for the 2020 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exams will now join Form One on August 2, 2021.
The CS was speaking while launching the Form One 2021 selection exercise at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD), where he indicated that a total of 585,942 girls compared to 585,323 boys will be joining Form one.
“We have 17,406 girls and 18,848 boys joining national schools this year. We have strictly applied the principles of equity, fairness, merit, transparency, inclusiveness and affirmative action in the form one selection and that is why the placement has taken longer,” he said
He also noted that 53,000 KCPE 2020 candidates applied for the Elimu Scholarship Programme under the Education Ministry.
