Boys scored more grade Es compared to girls in 2022 KCSE

Students who scored a mean grade of E in the 2022 KCSE exams decreased by 15,629  compared to 2021.

Announcing the results, CS for Education Ezekiel Machogu said that data indicates 30,822  students scored grade E compared to 46,151 in the year 2021.

Out of this, the majority were male students (18,062) and 12,760 were female.

"Number of candidates with a mean of E declined to 3.49% from 5.56% in the previous year, Machugu said.

The number of candidates with D+ and above is 522, 588 (59.14%) compared to 53.29% in 2021.

At least 1,146  scored an A of which females were 271 while male students were 875 as compared to 1,138 in 2021.

The CS noted that out of the 881,416 candidates who sat the 2022 KCSE exam, 173,345 scored the minimum university entry grade of C+ and above compared to 145,776 in 2021.

The Education CS pointed out that in 2022 a total of 1,146 candidates scored grade A compared to 1,138 in 2021.

In terms of subject performance, the CS pointed out that 17 subjects recorded improvement compared to 11 in 2021, while there was no significant change this year in the performance in four subjects.