The number of Standard Eight candidates who scored 400 marks and above in the final cohort of the 8-4-4 system of examination dropped by 10 percent to 8,525, hitting a three-year low, weighed down by a decline in performance in all but two test subjects.
An analysis of the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examinations shows that on the flipside, the candidates who scored below 100 marks rose nearly three times to a five-year high of 2,060.
