The 2022 KCPE examination is the second-last of the exams as the Ministry of Education phases out the 8-4-4 curriculum.

Pre-covid school calendar to be reinstated from January 2023.

Over 1.2 million candidates sat for the examination and are expected to join secondary schools.

A total of 1,233,852 candidates sat for the examinations in 28,408 centres across the country. Of these candidates, 620,965 (50.32%) were boys while 612,887 (49.67%) were girls.

The examination was undertaken in 28,408 centers around the country.

39 candidates with special needs scored 400 marks and above, compared with only two in 2021.

147 candidates sat their examinations in hospitals.

The top students in the 2022 KCPE examinations has garnered 431 marks.

Best candidates were Otieno Lewis Omondi from St Peters Mumia and Fwaro Makokha Robinson from Christ the King Primary School in Bungoma who scored 431 marks.

Only 724 students scored below 100 marks in the 2022 KCPE exams

9,443 candidates scored between 400 and 500 marks

300,756 candidates scored between 300 and 399 marks

616,593 candidates scored between 200 and 299 marks

296,236 candidates scored between 100 and 99 marks

724 candidates scored between 1 and 99

In the overall performance of the 2022 KCPE examination, the overall performance improved compared to that of 2021. The mark of the highest candidate rose four points from 428 to 431 in 2022.

The data analysis saw that more than half of all the candidates who sat the examination that is 619,593 (50.2%) scored between 200 and 299 marks as compared to 578,106 (47.1%) scored between the same in 2022.