Basic Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang (centre) holds up copies of the 2022 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exam results released on January 20, 2023, at Mitihani House. With him are Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu (right) and Teachers Service Commission (TSC) CEO Dr Nancy Macharia.
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Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
The 2022 KCSE results leave a lot to be desired. Out of 881,416 candidates who sat the exam, 489,081 scored Grade D-plus and below and only 173,345 managed C-plus to qualify for university admission.
Truth be told, sitting a national exam can be a nerve-racking experience. Therefore, after waiting for results for a month with breathless anticipation, it was a celebration galore for the under 20 per cent top achievers and doom and gloom for more than half of the candidates, who missed university.
