FOCUS ON THE 2022 KCSE EXAMINATION CANDIDATURE
As I have already stated, 881,416 candidates sat the 2022 KCSE Examination compared with 826,807 candidates in 2021. This represented an increase of 54,609 candidates (6.60%).
Of the total number of candidates that sat the 2022 KCSE Examination, 443,644 were male while 437,772 were female, representing 50.33% and 49.67% of the total candidature respectively. This statistic means the country has achieved gender parity, in much the same way as we have done at the primary school level.
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KCSE Results 2022/2023; All you need to know
KCSE 2022 results to be released today Friday 20th January, 2023
KCSE Results 2022/2023 – www.knec-portal.ac.ke
Check KCSE Results 2022-2023 Via SMS, Online
KCSE Results 2022/2023 – www.knec-portal.ac.ke
Check KCSE Results 2022-2023 Via SMS, Online
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Fourteen 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 2022 KCSE examination included Kirinyaga, Kiambu, Kitui, Meru, Tharaka Nithi, Vihiga and Kisumu.
SUBJECT PERFORMANCE IN 2022 KCSE EXAMINATION
In the 2022 KCSE Examination, 17 subjects recorded a significant improvement in performance, compared with 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 2022 KCSE Examination.
OVERALL GRADE ACHIEVEMENT IN THE 2022 KCSE
There were 1,146 (0.13%) candidates who obtained an overall Grade A in the 2022 KCSE Examination compared with 1,138 (0.14%) candidates in 2021.
On the other hand, the number of candidates with minimum university entry qualification of Grade C+ and above has risen to 173,345 (19.03%) in the year 2022 KCSE Examination compared to 145,776 (17.55%) in 2021.
The number of candidates with mean grade D+ and above in the 2022 KCSE Examination is 522,588 (59.14%) compared with 442,251 (53.29%) in 2021.
Encouragingly, the number of candidates obtaining a mean grade of E in 2022 declined significantly to 30,822 (3.49%) despite the increase in candidature, compared with 46,151 (5.56%) 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, Medical Training Colleges and other tertiary learning institutions for various courses.
Overall National Grade Summary for KCSE 2022
| Gen
der |
A |
A- |
B+ |
B |
B- |
C+ |
| Female | 271 | 1,962 | 6,104 | 13,520 | 21,474 | 33,138 |
| Male | 875 | 4,445 | 9,578 | 17,783 | 27,245 | 36,950 |
| Total | 1,146 | 6,407 | 15,682 | 31,303 | 48,719 | 70,088 |
| % | 0.13 | 0.73 | 1.77 | 3.54 | 5.51 | 7.93 |
| Cum.
Total |
1,146 | 7,553 | 23,235 | 54,538 | 103,257 | 173,345 |
| CUM.
% |
0.13 | 0.85 | 2.63 | 6.17 | 11.69 | 19.62 |
| Gen-
der |
C |
C- |
D+ |
D |
D- |
E |
| Female | 49,191 | 62,599 | 70,238 | 79,935 | 84,075 | 12,760 |
| Male | 45,963 | 56,469 | 64,783 | 75,545 | 83,683 | 18,062 |
| Total | 95,154 | 119,068 | 135,021 | 155,480 | 167,758 | 30,822 |
| % | 10.77 | 13.48 | 15.28 | 17.60 | 18.99 | 3.49 |
| Cum.
Total |
268,499 | 387,567 | 522,588 | 678,068 | 845,826 | 876,648 |
| CUM.% | 30.39 | 43.86 | 59.14 | 76.74 | 95.73 | 99.21 |
CANDIDATES WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
There were 190 (8.80%) candidates with special needs who obtained an overall grade C+ and above in 2022 KCSE examination.
ACCESSING OF THE 2022 KCSE EXAMINATION RESULTS
Candidates will collect their results from their respective examination centres. Individual candidates results can also be accessed by sending a candidate’s index number followed by the initials “KCSE” through a Short Message Service (SMS) to 20076
