Form One Selection per County and Region
List: Counties with Limited Form One Selection Capacity
Looking for the most appropriate secondary schools to fit your learner’s form one admission needs? Well, here is a list of counties that you need to avoid owing to the limited form-one vacancies available.
Nairobi County takes the lead in the list of counties with lesser form one selection capacity. The county has got 109 secondary schools with a declared form-one placement capacity of 45, 089.
| S/NO | COUNTY | SECONDARY SCHOOLS | DECLAREDCAPACITY | LEARNERS | DEFICIT |
| 1 | Nairobi | 109 | 45,089 | 72,145 | 45, 000 |
| 2 | Kilifi | 164 | 31 258 | 41 470 | -10 212 |
| 3 | Garissa | 41 | 7 273 | 9908 | -2635 |
| 4 | Mombasa | 56 | 12 801 | 22 360 | -9 559 |
| 5 | Kwale | 104 | 22 633 | 24 442 | -1809 |
| 6 | Kajia | 95 | 20 640 | 25 605 | -4965 |
| 7 | Taita Taveta | 54 | 6 768 | 8 477 | -1709 |
| 8 | Turkana | 53 | 12 096 | 16 798 | -4700 |
| 9 | Kitui | 449 | 41 184 | 42 264 | -1078 |
| 10 | Narok | 113 | 33 360 | 34 262 | -902 |
| 11 | Lamu | 27 | 3 264 | 3 716 | -4 |
| 12 | Tana River | 38 | 5 232 | 6 035 | -803 |
| 13 | Baringo | 176 | 18 144 | 18 757 | -613 |
| 14 | West Pokot | 185 | 16 178 | 16 697 | -509 |
Nairobi county registered 72, 145 learners for form one placement this year. The county has got a deficit of 45,000 form one placement slots.
To mitigate the shortfall, candidates were placed in other counties with sufficient capacities.
The above scenario can be considered an eye-opener to an underlying problem that calls for serious early redress in the wake of CBC. It is against this background that I will take the personal initiative to consult with leadership from these areas to address this perennial deficit in capacity
KCPE Candidates’ School Choices
During the selection, it became clear that a large number of candidates did not receive proper guidance and direction when choosing schools.
This resulted in some schools attracting far many applicants against their capacities. These schools included:
1 KABIANGA HIGH SCHOOL
153,074
768
2 NANYUKI HIGH SCHOOL
148,827
576
3 NYANDARUA HIGH SCHOOL
137,511
240
4 PANGANI GIRLS
119,265
384
5 MASENO SCHOOL
105,504
720
6
ALLIANCE GIRLS’ HIGH
SCHOOL
104,763
384
7 NAKURU HIGH SCHOOL
103,909
336
8 KAPSABET BOYS
99,542
384
23
9 MANGU HIGH SCHOOL
98,146
480
10
BUTERE GIRLS HIGH
SCHOOL
95,550
The results of the above mean many candidates will not get their choices and have to accept that it is not possible to be placed in their “dream” school. I wish to call upon head teachers and parents to ensure candidates make wise choices through proper advice.
In addition, it was noted that 33,984 students from 2,673 schools did not select any school. To this end, I direct county directors of education to establish the concerned schools with a view to instituting
administrative actions against the headteachers and/or schools management for failing to adequately register learners for examinations.
Form One Reporting Dates
The reporting period for all 2023 Form One students will be from 6th February 2023 to 13th February 2023. In case of any queries, parents are advised to visit their respective County Directors of Education for assistance. I am directing that all admitted students should be captured on NEMIS by 2nd March 2023. All the CDEs are required to ensure compliance with this requirement.
Affirmative Action in Slums during Form One Selection
The Ministry has applied affirmative action to achieve equity for children from the slum areas. In this year’s selection, 270 students from slum areas were placed in national and extra-county schools of their choice.
This is in addition to those placed through merit and other criteria. This intervention is in line with the government policy to achieve parity in education by considering the needy and vulnerable children in informal settlements in urban areas.
Placement of Refugees
For the first time, the Ministry placed 9,019 learners from primary schools located in the refugee camps in public secondary schools. This is in line with the 2017 Djibouti declaration on Regional Refugee
Education stipulates the need to enhance the capacity of IGAD member states to implement commitments to quality education and learning for refugees and host communities.
Counties with limited capacities The following Counties had inadequate capacities according to their
candidature as indicated in the list.
1 Nairobi 109
27,145 72,232
45,087
2 Kilifi 164
31,258 41,470
10,212
3 Mombasa 56
12,801 22,360
9,559
4 Kajiado 95
20,640 25,605
4,965
20
5 Turkana 63
12,096 16,796
4,700
6 Garissa 41
7,273 9,908
2,635
7 Kwale 104
22,633
24,442
1,809
8
Taita
Taveta 54
6,768 8,477
1,709
9 Kitui 449
41,184 42,262
1,078
10 Narok 171
33,360 34,262
902
11
Tana
River 38
5,232 6,035
803
12 Baringo 176
18,144 18,757
613
13
West
Pokot 185
16,178 16,687
509
14 Lamu 27
3,264 3,760
496