Fresh row on Form One selection days before KCPE

KCSE candidates at Ngara Girls High School in Nairobi tackle the English Paper on Tuesday. Private schools want 60 per cent of all national school slots shared equally among all candidates sitting this year's KCPE. [PHOTO: DAVID NJAAGA/STANDARD]

NAIROBI, KENYA: Another row is simmering over next year’s Form One selection, days before Standard Eight candidates sit this year’s national examinations.

Private schools now want a special committee constituted to avert last-minute wrangles over students’ admission to various categories of schools.