Number of As in KCSE drop sharply in shock results

Joyce Chepngeno Bore (in black top) is congratulated by Moi Tea girl’s secondary school principal Mary Koske and family members. Bore scored an A –plain of 81 points.

Parents and candidates were Thursday reeling in shock as Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i released results of the most guarded examination in Kenya’s history.

Dr Matiang’i announced that only 141 candidates of the 574,125 who sat this year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) scored the coveted grade A compared to 2,685 last year. Although this was not unexpected going by Matiang’i and his officials’ tough measures to curb exam cheating, it was a bolt out of the blue due to the drastic drop in performance.