Education Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed stated that male students excelled in 20 subjects compared to their female counterparts who excelled in six subjects.
Boys excel in more subjects compared to girls
Boys top in more subjects compared to girls
Students writing their KCSE
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Amina said that girls performed better in six subjects that include English, Kiswahili, CRE, Home Science, Art and Design as well as Metal Work.
Excels
18 counties had more females than male compared to 17 counties last year.
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These include Taita taveta, Kwale, Nyandarua, Kirinyaga, Kitui, Meru, Elgeyo Marakwet, Uasin Gishu, Murang’a Kiambu, Machakos, Makueni, Tharaka Nithi, Nandi, Laikipia, Kakamega, Vihiga and Kisumu.
“In 2018, fourteen subjects recorded a significant improvement in performance compared to thirteen last year, male candidates performed better than female candidates in 20 other subjects,” she said.
Results
About 660,000 students sat for the examination in 2018.
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315 students scored a mean grade of A in this year's KSCE exams.
The Education CS said that this was an improvement from 2017 when 142 A’s were registered.
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Students with University level qualification of C+ and above hit 90,377 an increase from last year’s 70,073.
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