From left: Some of the 2023 KCSE candidates who scored 'A' Jeffrey Kamau Wambugu (Alliance High School), David Kiiru Kimani (Anester Victory), Shadrack Wachira (Lenana) and Nuru Seyd Abubakar (Light Academy, Mombasa)
Poor performance was evident in the lower-grade categories, with 19,960 females and 28,214 males scoring Grade E.
Similarly, the D- category had 79,432 females and 86,429 males.
Some 79,612 females and 75,664 males featured in Grade D category, while 66,032 females and 58,974 males secured D+.
A total of 1,216 have scored a mean grade of A in the 2023 Form Four national exams, the results released on Monday show.
Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu said the top scorers included 825 male students and 391 females, making up 0.14 percent of the total candidature.
