Education CS Ezekiel Machogu has said the top special needs child that sat the 2022 KCPE exam scored 419 marks.
Machogu was releasing the KCPE exams on Wednesday at Mitihani house.
The CS said seven special needs students scored above 400 marks representing 0.29 per cent
He said this is an improvement compared to last year where only two managed to score above 400 marks.
There were 296 candidates whore scored between 300-400 marks representing 12.2 per cent.
Some 838 special needs students scored between 200-299 marks representing 34.6 per cent.
A further, 1,270 special needs students scored between 100 -199 marks representing 12.2 per cent.
Only six students scored between one to 99 marks.
Machogu said they hope to see a 100 per cent transition to high school.
He said overall performance improved compared to last year.
The CS added that the mean average performance was between 200 and 299 marks.
He said he is very impressed with this year's performance as it was an improvement.
A total of 2,417 special needs students sat the exam.
