Form One selection out today, CS promises scholarships

Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha. [File, Standard]

The much-awaited Form One selection is set to be out today.

Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha on Friday said candidates, who sat for the 2021 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education exams will know the secondary schools they have been placed in today.

Speaking during the inspection of the completed Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) classrooms in Gilgil and Naivasha sub-counties, Prof Magoha said the placement was conducted in a fair manner. 

He called on parents to be satisfied with the schools, where their children have been placed, promising they will be taught by competent teachers.

“I can now confirm that by today, parents will know where their children have been placed,” Magoha said.

He assured that bright and needy learners will be placed in good schools and most of them will receive scholarships.

Magoha said his office was aware of needy cases including a letter by lawyer Fridah Lotuiya, from Baringo pleading with the Ministry to have a special selection for Baringo students. He revealed that President Uhuru Kenyatta already issued a directive on the matter.

Lotuiya, in her letter, had pleaded with the ministry to consider offering scholarships to students, who had been affected by bandits attacks.