KCSE 2018 Results have been officially released.
The results were released by Ambassador Amina Mohammed at the headquarters of the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC).
Ms. Mohammed announced that the exam suffered no leakage before or during the exam period.
Female candidates performed better than boys English, Kiswahili, CRE, Art and Design, Metal Work, Home Science.
There number of Grade A (Plain) rose from 142 to 315 in 2018. 90, 377 candidates scored C+ and above.
The 2018 examinations were the 29th since the introduction of 8-4-4 system of education.
A total of 664,585 candidates wrote the tests which began on November 5 and ended on November 28.
The candidates were examined in 31 subjects which made up a total of 76 papers. They were required to write tests in a minimum of seven and a maximum of nine subjects.
The students will be eyeing close to 100,000 slots in 70 public and private universities in the country while those who won’t make the cut point will likely join technical colleges.
They wrote their examinations in 10,077 centres across the country, with a total of 83,711 field officers being involved.
During the examinations, there were 10,078 centre managers, 10,460 supervisors, 37,978 invigilators, 20,156 security personnel and 5,039 drivers.
