For sometime now, ladies have continued to register impressive numbers with regards to those that sit for the national examinations. Well, it seems like the latest efforts by the government to safeguard the girl child’s place in the society are bearing fruits.
Questions though continue to be raised on the numbers presented y the boy child.
In this Years, KCPE examinations, more female candidates sat for the exams compared to their male counterparts.
A total of 1,052,364 candidates sat for exams with 527,294 (50.1%) of them being boys while 525,070 (49.9%) were girls. This is according to Education CS Amina Mohammed.
23 out of 47 counties registered more female candidates. They include, Kakamega, Nairobi, Meru, Bungoma, Vihiga, Siaya , Kitui, Embu, Makueni, Machakos, Nakuru, Elgeyo-Marakwet, Kisii, Nyamira, Tharaka-Nithi, Kericho, Uasin-Gishu, Kirinyaga , Trans-Nzoia, Nandi, Mombasa and Bomet.
Female candidates also performed better than their male counterparts in English, Kiswahili and Kenyan Sign Language with the Male candidates performing better in Mathematics, Science, Social Studies and Religious Studies.
Generally, there was an improvement in results with the CS noting tremendous improvement even in the numer of candidates that scored over 400 marks.
This year the top candidate scored 453 marks with 12,273 scoring above 400 marks.
Candidates who scored between 301- 400 marks were 228,414 which is higher than what was witnessed back in 2017.
Those who scored etween 201- 300 marks were 574,927 while those who scored 101-200 were 234,573.
Candidates that scored between 0-100 were 2,177.
The Education CS also noted that this year candidates with special needs did better than last year with the top candidate scoring 446 marks.
Amina also called upon Parents, teachers and the community in general to take proper care of Children to avoid teenage pregnancies that overshadowed the just concluded national examinations with Kilifi County registering the highest number of teenage pregnancies.
The CS later stated clearly that Holiday tuition remains banned.
“I call upon parents, teachers and the community to take proper care of their children to avoid teenage pregnancies. Holiday tuition is still prohibited,” said Amina.
“We will not compromise the safety of our children for a few extra hours of tuition that actually does not help them,” added the CS.
The CS further noted that only 4 candidates were found guilty of impersonation and therefore their results were cancelled. The CS though directed that the affected candidates be allowed to sit for Fresh examinations next year so that they do not waste much time out.
Do you think the Boy-Child has been neglected so much by the government?