As Education Cabinet Secretary Migos Ogamba unveiled the 2024 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) results on Thursday, January 9, 2024, attention turned to how national schools fared in the competitive national exams.
Ogamba revealed that 962,512 candidates had sat for the national exams and emphasized the government’s commitment to advancing higher education opportunities.
The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) nullified the results of 840 candidates due to confirmed cases of exam malpractice.
Additionally, the results of 2,899 candidates have been withheld pending investigations, which are expected to conclude within 30 days.
National government schools obtained the highest number of candidates who scored A plains and also A- in the just released KCSE examination results of 2024.
The breakdown of KCSE results shows that national government schools secured 81.22% of all Grade A scores and showed strong representation in A- and B+ grades.
Below is the breakdown:
Grade A: 1,375 students in national schools, representing 81.22% of the total Grade A scores.
Grade A-: 4,611 students in national schools, representing 59.55% of the total Grade A- scores.
Grade B+: 6,947 students in national schools, representing 36.28% of the total Grade B+ scores.
Grade B: 8,185 students in national schools, representing 18.98% of the total Grade B scores.
Grade B-: 7,672 students in national schools, representing 10.18% of the total Grade B- scores.
Grade C+: 5,498 students in national schools, representing 5.53% of the total Grade C+ scores.
Grade C: 3,409 students in national schools, representing 3.05% of the total Grade C scores.
Grade C-: 1,714 students in national schools, representing 1.44% of the total Grade C- scores.
Grade D+: 743 students in national schools, representing 0.58% of the total Grade D+ scores.
Grade D: 447 students in national schools, representing 0.29% of the total Grade D scores.
Grade D-: 436 students in national schools, representing 0.29% of the total Grade D- scores.
Grade E: 161 students in national schools, representing 0.33% of the total Grade E scores.
Individual national schools
Several national schools have scored a mean grade of B+ and above.
1. Alliance High School: Mean score score: 10.31. (Grade A 100, A- 134, B+107, B 62, B-27, C+ 12, C 6, C- 4, D+ 0, D 0, D- 0, E 0)
2. Starehe Boys’ Centre: Mean grade 10.11. (Grade A 47, A- 72, B+ 77, B 43, B- 20, C+ 15, C 0, C- 1, D+ 0, D 0, D- 0, E 0)
3. Maryhill Girls High School Thika: Mean grade 10.051. (Grade A 80, A- 181, B+ 139, B 111, B- 37, C+ 32, C 5, C- 2, D+ 0, D 0, D- 0, E 0)
4. Mang’u High School: Mean grade 10.011. (Grade A 107, A- 164, B+114, B 99, B- 71, C+ 23, C 21, C- 5, D+ 1, D 1, D- 0, E 0)
5. Friends School Kamusinga: Mean grade 9.8862. (Grade A 47, A- 111, B+ 116, B 65, B- 47, C+ 17, C 8, C- 2, D+ 0, D 0, D- 0, E 0)
6. Maseno school: Mean grade 9.7286. (Grade A 36, A- 161, B+226, B 149, B- 61, C+ 36, C 7, C- 2, D+ 0, D 0, D- 0, E 0)
7. Maranda High School: Mean grade 9.6975. (Grade A 56, A- 130, B+ 131, B 104, B- 67, C+ 30, C 18
, C- 5, D+ 0, D 1, D- 0, E 0)
8. Kagumo High School: Mean grade 9.543. (Grade A 41, A- 100, B+ 116, B 84, B- 47, C+ 35, C 14, C- 7, D+ 2, D 0, D- 0, E 0)
9. Meru School: Mean grade 9.366. (Grade A 52, A- 83, B+ 110, B 100, B- 77, C+ 35, C 24, C- 6, D+ 7, D 0, D- 0, E 0)
10. Nairobi School: Mean grade 9.228. (Grade A 36, A- 99, B+ 138, B 99, B- 86, C+ 47, C 23, C- 6, D+ 7, D 0, D- 2, E 0)
