See them here: http://www.education.go....esults/searchadmin.aspx

I am concerned that most pupils missed all their choices and were admitted to schools they have probably never heard of! That kills morale and interest in learning.

What is going on in primary schools? Aren't pupils guided on how to chose schools where they are likely to get admission?

By the way; how many choices are allowed and each category?

You see, it's been more than 30 years since I sat for CPE [yes, it didn't have the preceding "K" and a lot of water has gone under that bridge!]

Regarding private schools; Is it not strange that while there are very many excellent private primary schools, there aren't any private secondaries worth mentioning?

What is the basis of this preoccupation with primary education among education investors?

the selection dilemma is compounded by parents refusing to send their children to schools (even good public and national ones)in areas perceived to be holding different political leanings to their own for fear of election uncertainities (2012);opting instead to send them to weaker local schools or to the mashambani schools.....

the generation we are raising now has ethnic fears inculcated by political class and reinforced by parents - we have a long long way to go...

over to u kibunja

There is a boy who scored 437 and was admitted to Kenyatta Mwatate coz its now a national school. He was in a private school. Sad. Problem is MoE upgraded the schools in a rush instead of using a phased approach. They promised 25 million for upgrade, then gave 3.5 million. They should have waited till the facilities are fully upgraded to make them meet standards of national schools.

Dumbest proposal I've ever heard!!

http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Pa.../-/11aaploz/-/index.html

Completely dumb.

Not unlike saying that if you own a personal car you should never be admitted into a bus. How smart!

On a serious note, however, this problem of disparity is a serious one. A great solution that's not too hard to imagine is to turn government primary schools into paragons of excellence. Much like national secondary schools are perceived to be - whether they really are is a separate debate. But this is idealistic at best and self deception at worst. The willingness (and very possibly the ability) to make it happen is not there. And even if it was, the solution would take years to implement. It therefore behooves stakeholders to think creatively about an acceptable short-term solution. These fellows may be as crazy as your village loony, but at least they have tried.

I studied my O-levels in a provincial school; then proceeded to a national school (one of the best, but do I say?) for A-levels.

In terms of facilities (labs, library, food etc), the provincial school was much better than the national one. In fact, I remember going for two terms without a chemistry teacher and the form-6 ahead of us had no maths teach for a whole year when they were in form-5.

But still, the national school did much better in KACE than my former provincial school. Reason: we were all very bright students from the word go (but again, do I say).

Mr Gachukia, the director of Riara, once did a comparison of average entry marks and average exit marks for students in district, provincial and national schools. He found that students of national schools exited with lower averages than they entered while those in district schools scored about two grades above what they had entered with.

Granted: these are two different exams, but it is something to think about.

I also exited the national school with lower marks than those I had entered with... Makes you think, doesn't it?