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Pangani and Kapsabet top list of popular high schools

Top student, Andy Michael Munyiri of Damacrest Schools who scored 440 marks celebrates after results were released. [File]

Pangani Girls, Kapsabet Boys, Maranda, Alliance  High, Alliance Girls and Moi Girls Eldoret are among the most popular schools for students seeking to join Form One, according to 2018 placement results.

Pangani was by far the most preferred school in Kenya, with a total of 110,000 girls seeking to join it - of these, 87,209 KCPE exam candidates picked it as their first choice against a capacity of 336. Alliance Girls was a distant second, with 7,078 candidates picking it as their preferred choice for the 334 places. A total of 92,067 candidates applied for space at the school.

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