The top candidate in this year’s KCPE exams comes from Kakamega County Again. Rawlings Odhiambo from Kakamega Hills tied in the first spot with Olive Mwea Wachira from Riara School, Nairobi.
The two achieved the top honours with 453 marks, two marks shy of last year’s top performer Goldalyn Kakuya. Kakuya from St Ann Junior School, Lubao, scored 455 marks.
Education CS Amina Mohammed released the the results at the Star of the Sea Primary School in Mombasa.
KCPE began on October 30 and ended on November 1 with around 1.06 million candidates sitting their exams in 27,161 centres.
Girls performed better than boys in English, Kiswahili and Kenya sign language during the 2018 KCPE exam. Boys performed better in Mathematics and science, social and religious studies.
During the 2018 exam, those who scored over 400 marks is 12,273. Those who scored between 301 and 400 are 234,573 while those with over 200 marks up to 300 are 574,927. Those who scored between 0 and 100 were 2,177.
The overall performance improved, Education CS Amina Mohamed said. None of the nine KCPE papers was leaked.
“Several CSs went around the country to ensure that the exams are done in a credible way. I am proud that we have stumped out dishonesty,” Amina said.
Amina said this year’s KCPE has improved from last year’s performance. To get your results, SMS your index number 20076.
Knec chairperson George Magoha on November 2, said marking would take three weeks. President Uhuru Kenyatta, Amina, and Magoha have all maintained that the this year’s exam was free of cheating and other malpractices.
This year surprised many with the high number of reported teenage births during the exam period with about 30 reported cases. Quality assurance and standards officers were directed to investigate the pregnancy cases.