Check KCPE Results via SMS: The standard eight final nation examination results have been released in record time, with 50 per cent of over 1 million pupils scoring 250.

To check the results, parents and guardians can send their child’s index number to the short code: 20076 on their mobile phones.

The top candidates in the exams scored an impressive mark of 453 out of the possible 500.

During the exams, 4,273 students scored 400 marks and above.

Similarly, 228,414 pupils scored between 301 and 499 marks.

The 2018 KCPE results were released by Education Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed.

In the examinations, over 50 per cent of candidates scored 250 marks and above.

Similarly, the exam’s success rate was quoted at about 60 per cent.

The releasing of the examination results went into record as one of the fastest released under the current 8-4-4 system.