This archive report was first published on 18 December 2019.
On Wednesday, Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha released the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) results, revealing that Kenya High School produced the highest number of Grade A's this year.
Kenya High School posted an impressive 76 A's, followed closely by Kapsabet Boys High School with 49 A's. Notably, the top candidate, Buluma Waluke Tonny, who scored an average of 87.159, hails from Kapsabet Boys High School.
Schools with Most A's ¶
- Kenya High School - 76
- Kapsabet Boys High School - 49
- Alliance High School - 48
- Moi Kabarak - 30
- Alliance Girls - 27
- Mary Hill - 25
- Maseno High School - 25
- Nairobi School - 23
- Mang'u High School - 23
- Moi Girls Eldoret - 21
Top 10 Students ¶
- Buluma Waluke Tonny - Kapsabet Boys High School - 87.159
- Brasa Marryanne Njeri - Kenya High School - 87.087
- David Odhiambo - Kapsabet Boys - 87.80
- Anthony Owuor Ochieng - Maseno School
- Natasha Wawira - Kenya High
- Kizito Ezra Sikuta - Moi High School Kabarak
- Long'ali Chemengat - Alliance High School
- Ndathi Hellen Njoki - Kenya High
- Siele Chelang'at - Moi Forces Lanet
- Laura Chelang'at Ruto - St Bridgits Kiminini
Performance ¶
According to the Education Cabinet Secretary, the number of candidates who scored Grade A rose by 50% this year, from 315 in 2018 to 627 this year.
Conversely, the number of candidates who scored Grade A- rose by a huge margin, from 3,418 last year to 5,796 this year.
The number of candidates who scored C+ and above, the minimum qualification to university education, rose to 125,746 from 9,277 in 2018.
A total of 699,745 candidates sat this year's exam across 10,299 examination centers, with 51% of them being male and 49% female.
