Kenyans React After Machogu Fails to Name Top KCPE Students.
On Wednesday, Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu did not name the top KCPE candidate, leaving Kenyans confused.
In his statement, Machogu listed only the highest student mark.
In previous years, it has been customary for the Education CS to choose the best national examination candidate.
Machogu remarked that this was an improvement from the exam in 2021, in which the best applicant received 428 points.
“In the 2022 KCPE Examination, overall performance improved compared to 2021 despite the difficult situation that faced this cohort of candidates. The mark of the highest candidate rose four points from 428 in 2021 to 431 in 2022,” he said.
“Another positive indicator of better candidates’ performance was in the mean average performance.”
The only information he provided was a breakdown of how the students did and the number of students who scored in various categories.
9 443 candidates scored between 400 and 500 points, 307,756 candidates scored between 300 and 399 points, and 619,593 candidates got between 200 and 299 points.
296,336 students scored between 100 and 199, while 724 scored between 0 and 99.
Mr. Machogu stated that 252 candidates in nine centres received a score of zero on marks in which they cheated, but they will continue on to secondary school.
He said that 620,965 candidates, or approximately 50 percent of the students, were male while 612,887 candidates, or 49.6 percent, were female, indicating that Kenya had reached gender parity at the elementary school level.
Mr. Machogu stated that this year’s performance is an improvement over 2021, with four papers, including English language, Kiswahili lugha, Insha, and Kenya Sign Language, showing improvement.
Girls did better than boys in language classes.
Kenyans React After Machogu Fails to Name Top KCPE Students.
