The results of this year’s Form Four exams will be released before the end of December, Dr Matiang’i said on Tuesday. This means that the exams are likely to be released over the next two weeks to end of this month.
Additionally, the tests, which are released in February, will be known two months earlier than usual.
In the same vein, some 24,795 Standard Eight candidates have been selected to join 103 national schools.
This is a 1,710 increase compared to 2015, where 23,085 pupils secured slots in the top schools.
Another 65,331 are set to join extra-county schools in selection results announced by Education CS Fred Matiang’i on Tuesday.
The selection done at Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development, Nairobi, was based on merit, quotas, equity, affirmative action and candidate’s choices.
Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i said admission letters would posted on the Education ministry website www.education.go.ke.
However, parents can check the schools their children have been selected to join by sending an SMS to 20042.
You are required to SMS with the candidate’s Index Number to 20042 from any network.
