RADP / Pulse Kenya > News > Local

First phase of form one selection ends

Anthony Maina

December 3, 2018 5:02 PM

Here is the schools top students will join

___9162356___2018___12___3___15___pulse+live+breaking

The first phase of form one selection has ended with a total of 31,337 students being selected to join various national schools across the country.

Recommended articles

local CS Machogu speaks as severe flooding puts school reopening in jeopardy
local Gov't makes changes in deployment of police during KCPE, KCSE & other exams
local Why TSC blocks some teachers from secondary school roles despite having degrees

Top KCPE candidate Olive Mwea will join Kenya High School while Rawlings Odhiambo, the other student ranked at first position, has been placed at Alliance High School.

The 2019 Form One Selection exercise started on Monday morning at an event launched by Education Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed.

ece-auto-gen

According to the ministry of education, placing of students into Form one positions is guided by four considerations: merit, equity, choice and affirmative action.

Under affirmative action, the top five candidates of either gender from every sub-county was placed in a national schools on the basis of the choices they made before sitting for KCPE.