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Kenya: Send a Text to 22263 to Know Your Secondary School Placement – Magoha

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Nairobi — Parents have been asked to send their child’s index number to 22263 to know which secondary school they have been placed in.

According to Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha, the SMS platform is available for all mobile networks and will be charged Sh25 each.

Speaking during the Form One selection exercise, Magoha stated that so far, 38,797 candidates who sat for their 2021 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examinations have been admitted to National Schools.

The Education CS pointed out that a further 214,960 have been placed in Extra-County schools.

He indicated that 2,045 students will go to special needs schools while 218, 456 will be in County Schools.

“Public primary schools have received a reasonable number of vacancies in all schools that is commensurate with their candidature. In the placement, the majority of candidates who scored 400 marks and above were placed in National or Extra County schools of their choice. The Special Needs candidates were also placed in the regular schools of their preference, while others were placed in special schools based on their disability categories, on merit and choice,” said Magoha.

The CS said the candidates were placed in 9,200 public schools following a fair, just and verifiable selection process.

“So today, I stand before you to speak about a story of hope and progress. The beautiful story is that all our 1,225,502 KCPE 2021 candidates whose results we released just two weeks ago have found places in our 9,200 public schools. So, by the Grace of God, the candidates will all transition and complete their secondary school education in four years,” said Magoha.