According to the data, only 832 more boys than girls sat the exam

Sonia Alando from Aga Khan Primary School in Kisumu celebrates with teachers and parents after receiving her KCPE results yesterday. Sonia scored 433 marks. [Denish Ochieng|Standard]

The increase in the number of girls sitting KCPE has been consistently higher than that of boys over the past four years.

And although boys are still the majority candidates, this year there was nearly an even split in the 993,718 candidates who sat the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination.