Education CS George Magoha Postpones Form One Selection

Parents have raised concerns over a possible drawback in preparations for the reporting of 2020 KCPE candidates to secondary schools.

Education CS has not given a reason for the postponement but says there is no cause for alarm. But parents feel the delay in selection will affect the admission to secondary schools set for July.

This is so because selection will be conducted two weeks to the reporting date set for July as schools begin the 2021 academic calendar.

Kenya Parents Association chairman Nicholas Maiyo said the change of the selection date will affect the parents’ preparations.

Maiyo said the time between the selection and the admission was too little compared to the demanding nature of admissions to secondary schools, especially boarding schools.

“Parents need time to look for school fees and purchase other items that are required during the reporting of new students,” Maiyo said.

Magoha was speaking at Joseph Kangethe Primary School during the donation of 4,000 school bags and 20,000 masks donated by the Absa group to children from low-income households.

Magoha insisted that the process will be free and fair.

“I wish to stress that all the candidates who sat the examination will find places in secondary schools in the spirit of our 100 percent transition policy,” he said.