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Nearly 200,000 KCPE graduates to miss Form One

Principal Secretary Department of Education Dr Kipsang Belio (left) looks on as Principal Secretary department of Science and Technology Colleta Suda (second left) hands Asumbi Girls Principal Ann Josephine a list of students admitted to her school shortly after the launch of the selection at Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development, Nairobi. [PHOTO: JONAH ONYANGO/STANDARD]

NAIROBI: About 200,000 candidates who sat last year's standard eight national examinations have been locked out of secondary school education.

Education Cabinet Secretary Jacob Kaimenyi said only 693,946 candidates have been selected to join Form One this year.

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