Editor's Review

The number of candidates with minimum university entry qualification of Grade C+ and above rose to 145,145. 

Education Cabinet Secretary Geroge Magoha on Saturday released the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exam results.

A total of 826,807 candidates sat the examination in the 2021 KCSE Examination compared to 747,161 candidates in 2020.

This represented an increase of 79,646 candidates (10.66%).

Of the 826,807 candidates who sat the 2021 KCSE Examination, 421,318 were male while 405,489 were female.

There were 1,138 (0.14%) candidates who obtained an overall Grade A in the 2021 KCSE Examination compared to 893 (0.12%) candidates in 2020.

The number of candidates with minimum university entry qualification of Grade C+ and above rose to 145,145 (17.49%) in the year 2021 KCSE Examination compared to 143,140 (19.03%) in 2020.

The number of candidates with a minimum TVET Diploma courses qualification of grade C- and above in 2021 was 325,896 (39.27%).

The following are 10 best performing Sub-county schools in 2021 KCSE per region:

The following are the best performing candidates in Sub-County Schools per region:


The top 15 OVERALL candidates in the 2021 KCSE;

Jeriel Ndeda Obura - Mang'u High School

Mukuha Timothy Kamau - Alliance Boys High School

Job Ngara - Mang'u High School

Chege David Kamau- St Josephs Kitale

Ramadhan Musa- Light Academy

Mwendo Sicilly Mutheu- Kenya High School

Ian Mwai Toyota- Kakamega High School

Rita Shekina - Kenya High School

Mshindi Daniel Ouma - Light Academy

Brenda Cherotich - Kipsigis Girls

Job Mugane- Strathmore School

Pretie Ariona - Kapsabet Boys

Mutethia Caleb Adanga- Mang'u High School

Abiya Melanie Nelima- Kenya High School

Maina Millicent- Kenya High School