How to check form one selection 2016 via SMS and Online:

• To check the secondary school you have been admitted to online, go to this  Website:  http://www.education.go.ke/ and enter your Index number.
• To check the secondary school you have been admitted to via SMS,  send an SMS with your Index Number to 20042 from any network.

All the 7,000-plus candidates who scored more than 400 marks in last year’s Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exams were placed in national schools of their choice irrespective of whether they attended public or private schools.

This was a remarkable departure from last year, when the exercise was muddied by a perverted quota system that ended up practically locking out the bulk of top private schools candidates from national and best county schools.
Whereas there is reason to ensure equity in admission, this should not be done at the expense of merit.
Overall, some 759,603 candidates out of the 925,744 eligible KCPE candidates will get admission, representing 82 per cent of the cohort.

Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang wrote to county directors of education and secondary school heads and said that selection would be on merit, equity and choice of schools.

Dr Kipsang said five top boys and girls in every sub-county would be placed in national schools of their choice.

“However, the top three will be selected first across all sub-counties and then the remaining two according to their marks because there are areas with very few students hence the equity requirement,” the Education PS said. 

In terms of transition, this is a major leap and ranks among the best in the region and compares favourably with the best cases in other parts of the world.

But the challenge remains for about 170,000 who may not get admission.
Although conventional argument would be that they should join youth and vocational training institutions, it is doubtful if that is the best option, given their tender age and the fact that not all may have the aptitude for it.

Opportunity for journalists: Data Journalism Awards 2016

The Data Journalism Awards are the first international awards recognising outstanding work in the field of data journalism worldwide.

Launched in 2012, it is organised by the Global Editors Network, with support from the Google News Lab and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Previous winning organisations include The New York Times, The Guardian, ProPublica and La Nación.

The prizes for the DJA 2016 are worth 1,000€ each and will be awarded at a special ceremony at the Vienna City Hall during the sixth annual GEN Summit on 16 June 2016.

Simon Rogers, Data Editor at Google, will be the DJA Director for this year's competition which will take place under the presidency of Paul Steiger, Executive Chairman of ProPublica's board of directors. Hear from both of them on what to expect from this year's competition in this interview.

You can submit your project via the GEN Community platform.

Please provide as much information as you can about your project. Include anything that you feel is relevant and can help our jury with their decision. 

You can also see last year’s winners on our DJA 2015 page.

The deadline for submissions is Sunday 10 April 2016 at 23:59 GMT. 

If you don’t have an account on the GEN Community yet, you will need to create one. It is absolutely free to join and should only take a minute. When you’re logged in, submit your DJA 2016 project by clicking on “Submit a Project” here.

Who is eligible for prizes?

The Data Journalism Awards rewards outstanding work in the field of data journalism in any media worldwide. They reward examples of data-driven investigations, data-driven applications and storytelling with data visualisation, which cover matters relevant to society and aim to have an impact at a societal level.

• Media companies, non-profit organisations and freelancers or individuals are all eligible for the Data Journalism Awards.
• Works produced by individuals or teams of staffers from media companies and non-profit organisations, as well as freelancers or individuals are all eligible for entry.
• Works that are the result of a collaboration between organisations may also be submitted.
• Those works produced by staffers or freelancers collaborating with government agencies, business or trade organisations with a stake (financial or of other nature) in the issue at hand are not eligible.
• Works that include significant input from the members of the jury will not be accepted for entry into the competition.

The DJA administrators have the final authority to determine whether an entry is eligible or not.

Categories

The Data Journalism Awards 2016 will be awarding a 1,000€ prize to each of the twelve categories below. The Global Editors Network and its jury members wish you the best of luck for this year's competition and look forward to discovering your projects.

1. Data visualisation of the year (large newsroom). Best interactive or static visualisation based on data by a newsroom/team of more than 25 editorial staff. May be self-contained or combined with a story, but must accomplish a journalistic purpose and use data significantly. A maximum of three elements per entry. 1,000€ Prize

2. Data visualisation of the year (small newsroom). Best interactive or static visualisation based on data by a newsroom/team of less than 25 editorial staff. May be self-contained or combined with a story, but must accomplish a journalistic purpose and use data significantly. A maximum of three elements per entry. 1,000€ Prize

3. Investigation of the year (large newsroom). Best data-driven investigation, which uses data collection and analysis to disclose or spotlight a significant abuse of power or failure to uphold the public interest by a newsroom/team of more than 25 editorial staff. A maximum of five elements – stories and data presentations – per entry. 1,000€ Prize

4. Investigation of the year (small newsroom). Best data-driven investigation, which uses data collection and analysis to disclose or spotlight a significant abuse of power or failure to uphold the public interest by a newsroom/team of less than 25 editorial staff. A maximum of five elements – stories and data presentations – per entry. 1,000€ Prize

5. News data app of the year (large newsroom). Best data journalism application by a newsroom/team of more than 25 editorial staff. Interactivity is important and the project provides both explanation of the topic and an opportunity for users to explore the topic and create their own story. A maximum of five elements per entry. 1,000€ Prize.

6. News data app of the year (small newsroom). Best data journalism application by a newsroom/team of less than 25 editorial staff. Interactivity is important and the project provides both explanation of the topic and an opportunity for users to explore the topic and create their own story. A maximum of five elements per entry. 1,000€ Prize.

7. Data journalism website of the year. Best data-based journalism website, based on quality of content, frequency and variety of subjects covered. A maximum of ten examples per entry. 1,000€ Prize

8. Best individual portfolio. Based on quality of content, frequency and variety of subjects covered. A maximum of ten examples per entry. 1,000€ Prize

9. Best use of data in a breaking news story, within first 36 hours. Best data-based journalism around a breaking news story within the first hours of the story breaking. Based on quality of content, frequency and variety of subjects covered. 1,000€ Prize

10. Open data award. Using freedom of information and/or other levers to make crucial databases open and accessible for re-use and for creating data-based stories. 1,000€ Prize

11. General excellence (Jurors’ Choice). An entry of high excellence not otherwise honored in this competition. 1,000€ Prize

12. Public choice. An entry of high excellence selected by the public. 1,000€ Prize.

The Data Journalism Awards 2016 Jury