Girls perform better in metal work and male dominated subjects

Juliet Otieno, top student country wide on December 21,2018 after the results were announced. (Caleb Kingwara, Standard)

The gender gap was narrowed in this year’s KCSE, and girls performed better compared to last year.

They outshone boys in six subjects, including metal work which is considered a predominantly male field. Of the 660,204 2018 candidates, 321,576 were girls, representing 48.7 per cent of the population.