Over half of KCSE candidates score D+ and below for ninth straight year

Thon Aguek who emerged the best candidate in KCSE 2024 at Paul Boit high school in Eldoret after scoring an A of 83 points is being carried shoulder high by students from the school on January 9, 2025. 

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The proportion of candidates who scored Grade D+ and below in Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination remained over 50 percent for the ninth straight year, shining a spotlight on the quality of learning under the 8-4-4 education system.

Results of the 2024 KCSE examination released on Thursday by Education Cabinet Secretary (CS) Julius Ogamba indicate that 482,039 or 50.1 percent of the 962,512 candidates who sat the exam last year attained a D+ or below.

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.