Private schools oppose Form One students selection criteria

Chianda Secondary School student Derrick Ambani selects books at Vaghela Bookshop in Kakamega, ready to return to school. [Photo: Benjamin Sakwa/Standard]

There are more national school slots up for grabs in Form One admissions this year, but the dominant news in the education sector remains the outcry by private academies against what they see as discriminatory and unfair treatment favouring candidates from public schools.

Whereas it is Government policy to favour children from public schools — because they lack resources and the institutions are the lifeline of poor families — private schools believe their success and heavy financial investment has been used against them.