Why 4,334 pupils who got KCPE results won’t be placed in any secondary school

Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha [centre] and Principal Secretary State Department of Early Learning and Basic Education, Dr. Julius Jwan [Omondi Onyango, Standard]

Some 4,334 pupils who sat the 2021 KCPE exam and received their results won’t be placed in any secondary school, The Standard has learnt.

In the March 2022 exams, 1,214,031 pupils wrote the national test. Those who have been placed to secondary schools are 1,209,697. That means some 4,334 haven’t been selected to join any secondary school.