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The Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) is a certificate given to students at the completion of Secondary Education.
The examination is taken over October & November and the results are released in February the following year.
The KCSE examinations are taken under very strict supervision from invigilators to avoid cheating and run for a period of about one month. Cheating in these examinations attracts severe penalties from the Kenya National Examinations Council and students caught cheating get their grades cancelled. The exams usually start on October 22 and end in late November. From December, the exam is graded and released on February 26 the following year. Examination results are announced to the public by the Minister for Education and the top 100 students and schools are released to the media the same day of the announcement. School rankings are divided into the top 100 private schools, public schools and provincial schools.
The grading of the examination is as thus: A (80% and above) A- (79- 75) B+ (70-74) B (65-69) B- (60-65) C+ (55-59) C (50-54) C- (45-49) D+ (40-44) D (35-39) D- (30-34) E (0-29)
In Kenya, this examination is the entrance to public and private universities and the pass mark is grade C+. Students who attain a lower mark than C+ join other tertiary institutions for non-degree courses. Over time, stringent measures have been taken by the government to ensure and sustain the credibility of the KCSE examination. However, there have been instances of breaches of these measures leading to examination vices such as leakage to some selected students who if undetected end up scoring high grades. In detected cases, such students have been punished by having their results cancelled and examination officials who participated in the vice charged in a court of law.
Each year, hundreds of thousands of students take the examination after four years of the Secondary School Course and this examination is a major determinant of the individual’s future career. A good grade guarantees one a place in one of the public or private universities in the country.
If you are looking for the Best School in Nyandarua County, below are the schools that have outstanding KCSE performance. Kisima Mixed Secondary School (Private) Year Mean Grade 2020 9.556 2021 8.944 2022 9.167 2023 9.8 2024 9.6286 2025 9.9412 Follow the Elimu Centre channel on WhatsApp: Click here โ Join Our WhatsApp Channel Nyandarua … Read more
One of the academic giant in Nyandarua County is Kisima Mixed Secondary School. It is an exceptionally high-performing school that has consecutively been the overall best school in Nyandarua County as per KCSE performance. It functions as a charitable, non-profit institution dedicated to providing free, high-quality secondary education specifically to bright but severely disadvantaged students. … Read more
Machakos County id one of the areas in Eastern region that has some of the best schools. In the 2025 KCSE results best performing schools in Machakos included a private school, National or C1 schoolsย and the Extra county or the C2 schools in the region. Below are the top 10 best performing schools that … Read more
Kisii County is a home to some of the best schools in the Kenya. In the 2025 KCSE results several schools from the region emerged among the top 100 schools in the country. Although some well known schools like Kereri Girls did not perform well to shine with other national schools below are some best … Read more
Utumishi Academy is a C1 or National boys School located in Gilgil Sub county in Nakuru county. The school presented 451 candidates for the 2025 KCSE examinations. Out of the total candidature, 34 students attained a straight A, 95 scored A-, 151 achieved B+, 112 obtained B (plain), 45 earned B-, 13 recorded C+, while … Read more
The Nyanza Region has once again produced remarkable results in the 2025 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations, with a number of secondary schools recording outstanding academic performance. These top school in Nyanza region come from various counties including Kisumu, Homa Bay, Siaya, Migori, and Kisii. School County Mean Score Maranda High School Siaya … Read more
Kitui County has continued to register steady academic improvement, with several secondary schools posting strong results in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations. In the most recent KCSE results, both national and extra-county schools in Kitui have emerged as top performers, driven by committed teachers, and focused learners. In this article we have … Read more
Moi Forces Academy- Lanet is a C1 or National boys school in Nakuru North sub County in Nakuru County. Inย 2025 KCSE results, the school had 3 students with A plain, 22 students with A minus, 53 students with B plus and 88 students with B plain, 90 students with B minus.ย ย The minimum grade … Read more
Karima Girls High School is a C1 or National girls school in North Kinangop sub County in Nyandarua County. Inย 2025 KCSE results, the school had 5 students with A plain, 63 students with A minus, 118 students with B plus and 145 students with B plain, 107 students with B minus.ย ย The minimum grade … Read more
Nyandarua High School a C1 or National boys school in Nyandarua Central County in Nyandarua County. Inย 2025 KCSE results, the school had 11 students with A plain, 31 students with A minus, 55 students with B plus and 58 students with B plain, 32 students with B minus.ย ย The minimum grade achieved was D … Read more