Kenya Certificate of Primary Education

The Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) was a certificate awarded to students after completing the approved eight-year course in primary education in Kenya. The examination was supervised by the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC), an examining body in Kenya under the Ministry of Education. The same body also conducted and regulated the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE), a certificate awarded to students after completing secondary education. KCPE and KCSE were both started in 1985 when the 8-4-4 system of education was introduced in Kenya.The last KCPE examination, under this system was done on November 1, 2023 at 11am. These exams were replaced by KJSEA (Kenya Junior Secondary Education Assessment).

Examination

The subjects examined were Mathematics, English, Kiswahili, Social Studies and Religious Education (Christian/Islamic/Hindu) and Science. English and Kiswahili consisted of two parts, for English there was Grammar and Composition, and for Kiswahili, there was Lugha and Insha(Composition). Social Studies included a bit of Kenyan History, Civic education, current County system of government as well as all the Religious Studies. Deaf or hard of hearing students may choose to be tested in Kenyan Sign Language instead of Kiswahili.[1] Each subject was worth a maximum of 100 marks. Each candidate was therefore able to earn a maximum of 500 marks. Usually, the exam time ran from the last week of October and takes three days. In 2016, the exams were held In October.[2] Results were then announced by the Minister for Education sometime in November. Efforts were ongoing to scrap the KCPE exam. KCPE was eventually replaced by KJSEA (Kenya Junior Secondary Education Assessment.) [3][4][5]

Recent KCPE Results History

Note: Most years had multiple candidates attaining the same top score. Fields where data is not available are marked as "N/A".

Year Registered Total Sat YoY Growth (%) Boys Girls Gender Ratio Special Needs Top Scorer(s) Marks 400+ Marks Release Date Source(s)
2000 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Emily Achieng N/A N/A N/A N/A
2001 N/A ~509,076 N/A 261,934 247,142 51.5 : 48.5 N/A Justine Justus N/A N/A N/A N/A
2002 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Osiemo Deborah Mocheche 462 N/A N/A N/A
2003 N/A ~590,000 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Marita Nyakundi Calvin 482 N/A N/A N/A
2004 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Nyaosi Bugei Omete 472 N/A N/A N/A
2005 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Oduor Fredrick Constant 461 N/A N/A N/A
2006 N/A ~660,555 N/A 350,134 310,421 53.0 : 47.0 N/A Wamugi David Wanjuki 453 N/A N/A N/A
2007 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Master Maina Aduor Solomon 455 N/A N/A N/A
2008 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Mutinda Monica Wairimu 460 N/A N/A N/A
2009 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Peter Kamenju Njoroge 438 N/A N/A N/A
2010 N/A 739,718 N/A 385,304 354,414 52.1 : 47.9 N/A Ngatia Linus Muchiri 434 N/A N/A N/A
2011 N/A 775,829 +4.88% N/A N/A N/A N/A Christine Muthoni Kagiri 442 5,800+ Dec 28, 2011 [6]
2012 N/A ~811,879 N/A N/A N/A 51.2 : 48.9 N/A Mwaura Boniface Kiongo 430 N/A N/A [7]
2013 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Near Parity N/A Otieno Akoth Daphne 444 N/A Dec 31, 2013 N/A
2014 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Near Parity N/A Tracy Okwach 441 N/A Dec 29, 2014 N/A
2015 942,021 937,467 N/A 467,904 459,885 50.4 : 49.6 N/A Aggrey Akhanyinya 449 7,560 Dec 30, 2015 N/A
2016 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Near Parity 1,950 Victor Oduor Odhiambo 437 N/A Dec 1, 2016 N/A
2017 N/A 1,003,446 N/A 503,527 499,919 50.2 : 49.8 2,066 Goldalyn Kakuya 455 9,846 Nov 21, 2017 N/A
2018 N/A 1,060,710 +5.71% 529,276 531,434 49.9 : 50.1 2,460 Rawlings Odhiambo 453 11,559 Nov 19, 2018 N/A
2019 N/A 1,088,989 +2.67% 546,370 542,619 50.2 : 49.8 2,394 Andy Michael Munyiri 440 9,673 Nov 18, 2019 N/A
2020 N/A 1,194,608 +9.70% 596,415 598,193 49.9 : 50.1 2,695 Mumo Faith Kwae 433 8,091 Apr 15, 2021 N/A
2021 N/A 1,214,031 +1.63% N/A N/A Near Parity N/A Magata Bruce Makenzie 428 11,857 Mar 28, 2022 N/A
2022 N/A 1,233,852 +1.63% N/A N/A Near Parity N/A Otieno Lewis Omondi 431 9,443 Dec 21, 2022 N/A
2023 1,415,315 1,406,557 +14.00% 721,544 685,017 51.3 : 48.7 3,456 Michael Warutere 428 8,525 Nov 23, 2023 N/A

References

  1. ^ "Kenya: PS Disowns Directive on Kiswahili". allAfrica. 2010-01-20. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  2. ^ "The Kenya National Examinations Council". knec.ac.ke. Archived from the original on 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
  3. ^ Glewwe, Paul; Ilias, Nauman; Kremer, Michael (July 2010). "Teacher Incentives". American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. 2 (3): 205–227. doi:10.1257/app.2.3.205. ISSN 1945-7782.
  4. ^ "8-4-4 end beckons as experts meet". Daily Nation. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
  5. ^ "8-4-4 here to stay as ministry pulls plug on the new system". Daily Nation. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  6. ^ Nguta, Judith (28 December 2011). "Candidates register improvement in 2011 KCPE". The Standard. Retrieved 11 February 2026.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. ^ Ndonga, Simon (28 January 2013). "Top 3 students score 430 marks in 2012 KCPE exams". Capital FM. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2026.


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