The Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) Examination results are officially out today with Education CS Amina Mohammed officially releasing the results at the Star of the Sea Primary School in Mombasa.
According to the Education CS, the overall performance of candidates has improved this year compared to last year. 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 CS also noted that more female candidates sat for the exams compared to their male counterparts.
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.
A total of 1,052,364 candidates sat for the KCPE 2018 examinations with 527,294 (50.1%) being boys while 525,070 (49.9%) were girls.
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.
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.
What’s your View of the Just released KCPE results? Do you think the ministry of Education is in the right path towards brining back quality standards to our Education System?