Some 271 girls scored obtained an overall Grade A in the 2022 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE).
This is compared to 875 boys who scored the same grade, bringing the total number of students who scored A to 1,146
Education Cabinet Secretary (CS) Ezekiel Machogu said that the number of students who scored Grade A rose from 1,138 in 2021 KCSE to 1146 last year.
Similarly, he said the number of candidates with minimum university entry qualification of Grade C+ and above has risen to 173,345 (19.03 per cent) in the 2022 KCSE exam compared to 145,776 (17.55per cent)in 2021.
He said the number of candidates with a mean grade of D+ and above in the 2022 KCSE examination is 522,588 (59.14 per cent) compared with 442,251 (53.29 per cent) in 2021.
"Encouragingly, the number of candidates obtaining a mean grade of E in 2022 declined significantly to 30,822 (3.49 per cent) despite the increase in candidature, compared with 46,151 (5.56 per cent) in 2021. This clearly leads us to conclude that most of the candidates scored grades of higher quality. Most significantly, all the remaining candidates are legible to join TVET institutions, Teacher Training Colleges, and Medical colleges," the CS stated when he released the 2022 KCSE exam results.
In the 2022 KCSE exams, the CS said 17 subjects recorded a significant improvement in performance compared to 11 subjects that recorded a significant improvement in performance in 2021.
"There was no significant change in performance in four of the subjects offered during the examination," the CS stated.
Machogu also noted that 14 counties had more male than female candidates in the KCSE compared to 17 counties in 2021.
These were Mombasa, Kilifi, Tana River, Lamu, Turkana, Samburu, West Pokot, Kajiado, Narok, Homabay, Migori, Garissa, Wajir and Mandera.
Seven other counties with high gender disparity in favour of female candidates during the KCSE included Kirinyaga, Kiambu, Kitui, Meru, Tharaka Nithi, Vihiga and Kisumu.
Some 14 counties had more male than female candidates in the 2022 KCSE examination compared to 17 counties in 2021. These were Mombasa, Kilifi, Tana River, Lamu, Turkana, Samburu, West Pokot, Kajiado, Narok, Homabay, Migori, Garissa, Wajir and Mandera.
Seven counties with high gender disparity in favour of female candidates during the 2022KCSE examination included Kirinyaga, Kiambu, Kitui, Meru, Tharaka Nithi, Vihiga and
Kisumu.
