National schools that are currently clustered under the C1 category received the largest amount of transfer requests in the current senior school revisions window. According to the Cabinet Secretary for Education Julius Ogamba, Alliance High School, Mang’u High School and Kenya High School received 20,000 transfer requests each against 500 transfer slots that were open for each.
This implies that Alliance and Mang’u received a combined total of 40,000 transfer requests while against a combined 1,000 slots. All three schools received a combined total of 60,000 against 1,500 open slots.
“There were up to 20,000 applications for schools like Alliance High School, Kenya High School, and Mang’u High School, against an average capacity of 500 slots,” said CS Ogamba.
The CS revealed this on Tuesday, December 30, when he extended the senior school placement transfers window. The new Senior School transfers window shall now be run from January 6 to January 9 2026.
In the first revisions window, the Ministry of Education received a total of 355,457 applications. Out of these, 211,636 applications were approved while the remaining applications were rejected.
Parents and learners who will be looking to make fresh transfer requests between January 6 and January 9 can follow these steps:
1). Visit https://placement.education.go.ke and click ‘Log In’ on the landing page.
2). Enter the Junior School selection username and password carefully. Once you do this, input the verification code displayed to gain access.
3). Click on ‘Request Transfers’ which is on the left sidebar to view all learners in the school and their current Senior School Placements.
4). Select the learner you need to transfer and click ‘Next’. Then choose whether the transfer you want to make is to a public school or a private school and then proceed.
5). In this section, enter the reason for the transfer that you are seeking when prompted to do so. Then click ‘Next’.
6). Select the appropriate educational pathway and the learner’s subject combination before continuing.
7). Choose the new school that the learner will be transferred to and the review all the details.
8). Verify all the transfer details carefully and the click ‘Submit’ to complete your request.
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