Immediately after Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba released the 2025 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) results on Friday, learners across the country switched to celebrations after recording good performance.
George Ochieng Okumu, a 50-year-old man from Homa Bay County, is among the candidates who sat the 2025 KCSE. He scored a D+, an achievement he describes as a dream come true.
According to a report that appeared on Citizen Digital, George, who hails from Radiro Village in Homa Bay Town Sub-County, sat his KCPE in 1992.
His decision to further his studies at an old age followed multiple failed attempts to secure employment. According to him, employers turned him down despite possessing some of the required skills in the opportunities he had previously applied for.
He now believes that his new achievement will help him secure better opportunities. Okumu sat the exam alongside his second-born son, Brennon Arsen Ochieng, who was studying at Orero Boys High School, and scored a mean grade of B (minus).
He revealed that his son was his biggest inspiration to return to school. He urged other Kenyans with similar dreams to register for examinations early, especially as the 8-4-4 education system nears its end.
The 2025 KCSE examinations were administered countrywide between October 21 and November 14, 2025.
A total of 993,000 candidates sat the examinations with female students accounted for 50 per cent of the candidature.
Some 1,932 candidates attained grade A, while 270,000 scored C+ and above, qualifying them for direct entry to university.
Additionally, 507,131 students scored a mean grade of C minus and above, while 634,082 students attained grade D+ and above, compared to 605,774 in 2024.
According to Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba, National schools produced the highest number of students with an overall mean grade of A plan.
“National schools produced the highest number of candidates with an overall mean grade of A, which was 1,526, followed by extra country schools, which had 197 and private schools with 185,” he said.
On the other hand, Sub-County schools produced more candidates with C+ and above compared to county schools, accounting for 72,699.
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