Education CS Fred Mating'i.[Photo/Nation]
Form one selection for the KCPE 2017 candidates will officially start on Monday.
The process will be launched at 8:30am by Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development.
It will only cover candidates joining the 105 national schools across the country.
Friday has been set aside to pick candidates joining extra-county schools will start.
Top officials at the Education ministry have been in Naivasha for the past one week to finalise the list of candidates who will join national schools.
“Candidates joining form one in boarding schools will be accessing their instructions online,” said a circular to all principals by Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang and signed by acting Director General, Basic Education, Robert Masese.
A total of 993,718 candidates sat the examination. Of these, 498,775 were boys and 494,943 girls.