The Cabinet Secretary of education Julius Ogamba has announced that the results of 840 students who sat for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams have been cancelled.
At the same time, Ogamba stated that the KCSE results of 2,829 students have been withheld.
CS Ogamba stated that the results were cancelled or withheld after the students were involved in exam irregularities.
“There were 840 Candidates who were involved in examinations irregularities in 2024 and their examination result6s have been cancelled,” Ogamba said.
Why Candidates Results Were Cancelled and Withheld
According to the CS, candidates’ examination papers were personalized and anonymized to improve objectivity during marking and holding candidates personally responsible for any irregularities.
“The council is empowered in law as provided in KNEC handling of examination irregularities rules of 2015 legal notice no 132 of 2015 rule no 8 to withhold the results of any candidate or examination center suspected of having been involved in exam irregularities or malpractice pending completion of investigations,” CS Ogamba stated.
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“To this end the results of 2, 829 candidates suspected to have been involved in examination irregularities have been withheld pending completion of investigations that should be completed within a period of 30 days from the official release of exams which is today.”
The CS revealed that 91 teachers aided students in exam irregularities and malpractices.
“It is unfortunate that a few contracted professionals and teachers are still insistent ruining the futures of our learners by subjecting them to examination malpractices,” said Ogamba.
“19 contracted professionals were reported to have been involved in aiding examination malpractices. Firme disciplinary action will be taken against such teacher.”
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KCSE 2024 Results Performance
A total of 965,512 candidates registered for the 2024 KCSE exams an increase of 7.19 percent
The number of candidates with direct university entry qualifications of grade C+ and above was 246,391 students which translated to 25.3 percent. This was a comparison of 201, 133 which 22. 27 percent in 2023 attributed to improved or new grading system.
The number of students who attained Grade C Minus and above, qualifying for TVET courses, was 476,889, translating to 49.41% in 2024. This is an increase compared to 401,216, which translated to 44.42% in 2023.
Additionally, the number of candidates attaining a pass grade of D Plus and above was 605,774, representing 62.76% in 2024, compared to 526,222, which accounted for 28.27% in 2023.
There were 1, 693 or 0.18 percent candidates who obtained an overall grade A compared 1, 216 or 0.14 candidates in 2023.
Those who scored A- (minus) were 7,743, while 19,150 candidates attained a B+ (plus). A further 43,120 students secured a B (plain), with 75,347 earning a B- (minus).
The majority of students fell within the middle grades, with 99,338 attaining a C+ (plus), 111,717 scoring a C (plain), and 118,781 earning a C- (minus).
The number of candidates with D+ (plus) stood at 128,885, while those with a D (plain) and D- (minus) were 153,334 and 151,487, respectively. At the lowest end of the spectrum, 48,333 candidates scored an E.
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