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1,216 candidates score Grade A in 2023 KCSE exams

Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu during the release of the 2023 KCSE exams on January 8, 2024 at Moi Girls High School, Eldoret. (Education Ministry)

By Dennis Tarus | Monday, January 8, 2024

Candidates who scored E grade were 48,174.

A total of 1,216 candidates scored Grade A in the 2023 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams.

This was a slight increase from the 1,146 candidates who scored the same grade in the 2022 exams.

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A total of 899, 453 candidates sat for the 2023 exams out of which 448,899 were female and 450,554 were male.

GENDER	A	A-	B+	B	B-	C+	C	C-	D+	D	D-	E
FEMALE	391	2,782	7,708	16,906	28,993	39,455	48,411	56,855	66,032	79,612	79,432	19,960
MALE	825	4,472	10,370	19,822	30,521	38,888	44,201	50,616	58,974	75,664	86,429	28,214
TOTAL	1,216	7,254	18,078	36,728	59,514	78,343	92,612	107,471	125,006	155,276	165,861	48,174
%	0.14	0.80	2.00	4.07	6.59	8.67	10.25	11.90	13.84	17.19	18.36	5.33
CUM. TOTAL	1,216	8,470	26,548	63,276	122,790	201,133	293,745	401,216	526,222	681,498	847,359	895,533
CUM.%	0.14	0.94	2.94	7.01	13.60	22.27	32.52	44.42	58.27	75.46	93.82	99.16

In the 2023 KCSE exams 7,254 scored A-, 18,078 scored B+, 36,728 scored B grade and 59,514 scored B-.

The number of those who scored C+ were 78,343.

A total of 92,612 of grade C, 107,471 scored C-, 125,006 scored D+, 155,276 scored D plain and 165,861 scored D-.

Candidates who scored E grade were 48,174.

Year	Total Candidature		Females			Males
	No. Registered	Total No. Sat	No. Registered	No. Sat	Increase/Decrease (%)	No. Registered	No. Sat	Increase/Decrease (%)
2023	903,138	899,453	450,675	448,899	2.54%	452,463	450,554	1.56%
2022	884,122	881,416	439,019	437,772	7.96%	445,103	443,644	5.30%
2021	830,854	826,807	407,532	405,489	10.46%	423,322	421,318	10.78%
2020	752,602	747,161	369,394	366,834	6.92%	383,208	380,327	6.45%
2019	699,706	697,222	342,633	341,440	6.12%	357,073	355,782	5.01%