Education Cabinet Secretary, George Magoha, on Monday, March 28, released the 2021 KCPE examinations.
Speaking at Mtihani House, Nairobi, the CS noted that the examination achieved gender equality as boys recorded 50.28 percent while girls recorded 49.72 percent.
He added that six papers recorded an improvement in the examinations as compared to the 2020 exams. These include English and composition, Science, Kiswahili and Insha, Social Studies, Kenya sign language composition.
Three papers, Mathematics, English Language, and religious studies recorded a drop as compared to the 2020 exams.
CS Magoha, while noting that the overall performance in this year’s exams had improved, noted that some schools recorded impressive growth in their mean score this year compared to 2020.
Here are the eight most-improved schools in the former eight provinces:
- Coast – Kambi ya Waya Primary School – recorded a mean score of 266 this year from 203 marks in 2020
- Central – Njenga Karume Primary School – posted a 248 mean score compared to 207 marks mean score in 2020.
- Eastern – Ngukuini Primary School – recorded a mean score of 250 marks against 165 in 2020
- Nairobi – Cheleta Primary School – got 263 marks as the mean score from the previous year’s 213 marks.
- Rift Valley – Lenkishon Primary School – recorded 272 marks mean score compared to the previous year’s 198 marks
- Western – Kewa DEB Primary School – posted a mean score of 284 marks in this year’s exam compared to 216 marks last year.
- Nyanza – Nyangiti Primary School – got a mean score of 232 marks against 170 in 2020
- North Eastern – Mandera DEB Primary School – recorded a mean score of 270 marks against 181 last year.
According to CS Magoha, he expressed confidence that the exam was transparent, turning down any claims of examination malpractices.
