Over 1,000 students scored straight As in the recently released 2023 KCSE exam results.
This is according to an announcement by Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu, who released the results on Monday, January 8, 2024, at Moi Girls High School in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County.
Machogu indicated that 1,216 candidates, representing 0.14 per cent, got straight As in 2023 compared to 1,146 in 2022.
Broken down, a total of 7,254 got A- (minus), 18,078 attained B+ (plus), 36,728 got B (plain) while 78,343 got C+ (plus).
A total of 92, 612 candidates got C (plain), 107,471 C-(minus), 125, 006 D+ (plus), 155, 276 D (plain), 165, 861 D-, and 48, 174 E.
In total, 201,133 candidates, representing 22.27 per cent, scored C+ and above and will be eligible for direct access to the university. The improvement in performance was attributed to the new grading system.
825 male students achieved As compared to 391 female counterparts while 4,472 male students got A- (minus) compared to 2,782 female students.
A total of 903,260 students sat last year’s KCSE exams, an increase from 881,416 candidates who took the exams in 2022.
Of the 899,453 candidates who sat the 2023 KCSE Examination, 450,554 were male, while 448,899 were female, representing 50.09% and 49.91% of the total candidature respectively.
Parents, candidates and teachers had problems accessing the results on the KNEC portal, which had earlier on crashed.
The technical issues on the portal have since been solved, and here is a step by step guide on how to access the 2023 KCSE exam results.
