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Students and teachers of Riabigutu Secondary celebrate at the streets of Masimba Town in Kisii County after recording a historic A- in 2025 KCSE results. [Stanley Ongwae, Standard]
This year, day schools have turned the tables on their higher-ranked county counterparts, sending more students to universities.
Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba said that overall, the number of candidates with direct university entry qualification, mean grade C+ and above was 270,715 (27.18 per cent) in the 2025 KCSE exam. He noted that this is an improvement from 246,391 (25.53 percent) in 2024.
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