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KCPE top scores drop on the back of lower marks in language, science
Friday April 16 2021
By LYNET IGADWAH
Summary
The results released by Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha Thursday show 8,091 candidates scored above 400 marks in the exam compared with 9,673 in 2019 and 11,559 in 2018 marking successive drops.
Candidates scored lower marks in half of the 10 papers, including English Language, Kiswahili Insha, Kenyan Sign Language Composition, Science and Social Studies.
Public schools outshone the private ones in the best rankings, taking 10 of the top 15 places.
The number of candidates who scored 400 marks and above in the 2020 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination dropped by 16.3 percent compared to the previous year, weighed down by lower performance in languages and Science.
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Kakamega primary school teachers and parents carry their top students shoulder high after recording good performance in last year KCPE results that was released yesterday. Their top student Emmanuel Changulo (center) scored 426. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]
Teachers, candidates and parents in Nyanza and the Western region are celebrating after schools recorded good performance in last year’s Kenya Certificate of Primary Education examination.
In Nyanza, the best pupil Angel Gakenia of Maseno Girls’ Boarding School scored 432 marks to emerge second nationally. Castro Ong’onga of Crystal Hill in Kisumu was second in the region and fourth nationally with 431 marks.