A total of 1,932 candidates scored grade A in the 2025 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations.
This marked an improvement from 1,693 candidates (0.18 per cent) who achieved the top grade in the 2024 examination.
Speaking on Friday when he was handing over results to the president, CS Julius Ogamba said 270,000 attained grade C+ and above, qualifying for direct university entry.
This is an improvement compared to 246,391 (25.53%) in 2024.
He said 993,000 candidates sat the national examinations, with girls accounting for 50 per cent of the candidature. The figures were presented to President William Ruto ahead of the official release of the results today.
The Ministry of Education also said that 72,000 candidates from day secondary schools scored grade C+ and above, underscoring the growing performance of learners in public day schools.
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