Boys Dominate Girls In Scoring As In KCSE

By Juma / Published January 20, 2023 | 11:21 am

KEY POINTS

Those who have qualified to join universities by scoring C+ and above were 173,345. These are eligible to join public universities and apply for government sponsorship through HELB. Those who scored D+ and above stood at 522,588.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Among those who scored A-, 1,952 were female while 4,445 were male. A total of 884,263 students sat for the KCSE in 2022. The Cabinet Secretary, however, disappointed many when he failed to name top students and top schools.

The KCSE 2022 results have been released by the Cabinet Secretary of Education Ezekiel Machogu. During the announcement, boys dominated those who scored As. 875 male students scored A while 271 female students scored A.

Those who scored E were 30,822. The CS says even those who scored Es will be given opportunities to join TIVET and vocational training centers across the counties.

“In most areas, boys performed better than girls. We need to look at how to improve this in the future. Of importance is that there was little to no cheating this year,” said the Education CS.

At the same time, the CS has announced that as kids plan to join Junior Secondary Schools, parents will not be required to pay school fees unless the school has a boarding wing.

The Education CS says that President William Ruto had directed Treasury to set aside the capitation per student at 15,000 shillings per learner, to facilitate free learning in all Junior Secondary Schools across the country, but only for public schools.

The government would spend 9.6 billion shillings to sustain the program which is the first under the Competency-based Curriculum (CBC).

“No school should charge any fees for Grade 7 learners unless such schools are boarding wings… Because Junior Secondary is from Grades 7, 8, and 9, we have worked on a figure that the amount being given to a student be Ksh15,000 almost equal to what is paid for Senior Secondary school learners,” he disclosed.

There has been confusion among parents and teachers as to how the Junior Secondary School would be implemented.

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