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    "content": "(c|) provide the statistics of the pupils who sat for KCPE in 2014 and how many of these missed admission to Form One in public secondary schools; (d) explain the steps the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology is taking to ensure that those who missed out on Form One admission receive the right to education as enshrined in the Constitution of Kenya 2010; (e)explain when the Ministry of Education is going to implement the report of Dr. Kilemi Mwiria’s taskforce on secondary education fees, 2014 and 2015 and, (f) explain the steps the Ministry is taking to ensure smooth and timely release of free primary education funds. The answer is as follows;- (a) The criteria used by the Ministry to enroll pupils who sat for KCPE in 2014 to join Form One in 2015, is as per the attached self explanatory guidelines which she has. (b) The 2015 selection criteria is similar to that used in 2014 but contains the following minor variations;- (i) in 2014, the two top students from either gender in each sub-county, were placed in national schools of their choice irrespective of where they came from, whether they were in public or private school but in 2015, this was improved by having three instead of two in 2014; (ii) in 2014, the proportionate share of places between public and private candidates was limited to national schools; (iii) in 2015, the proportionate share was applied to both national and extra- county schools. Extra-county schools are the former provincial schools. (iv) in 2013, there were 78 national schools while in 2014, there were 103 such schools, so this implies that there were more national school places in 2015 than there were in 2014. (c) There were 888,000 Kenya Certificate of Primary Examinations (KCPE) candidates in 2014. In 2015, there were 695,684 places in public secondary schools, which left a shortfall of 192,574 places. This gives the transition rate of 78 per cent. We are in the process of receiving and compiling data to ascertain how many of these places have been filled to enable us compute the actual transition (d) The Ministry has done the following to ensure that Kenyan children have access to basic education as enshrined in the Constitution. (i) Engaged the private sector in a Private-Public-Partnership (PPP) where entrepreneurs have established schools and, thus, can avail 50,000 Form One places. (ii) Public youth polytechnics, which are basic education institutions, provided 88,000 places. (iii) The Ministry is encouraging use of public initiatives such as the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) in the expansion of available vacancies in public secondary schools. (iv)The Ministry looks forward to receipt of funds from the national Treasury in the Financial Year 2015/2016 to improve infrastructure in public schools in order to enhance access to secondary education. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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