KCSE Results to be Announced Second Week of January 2024: Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) 2023 results will be announced in the second week of January, Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machugu said.
Machugu said the 903,260 students who sat the final examination for secondary education in November 2023 will know their fate by mid-January, as 1.4 million candidates for the 2023 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination will join secondary schools.
According to the 2024 educational calendar, Form 1 students will report to their new institutions on January 15, 2024. 903,260 KCSE candidates will benefit from a new grading system aimed at increasing the number of students entering universities. The new scoring structure was unveiled in August.
The grading system recommended by the Presidential Task Force on Education Reforms reduces the number of subjects required and focuses on those in which they are strong.
Students will be assessed on their performance in two compulsory subjects, mathematics and any language, including English, Kiswahili or National Sign Language.
This differs from the current system in which students are assessed in seven subjects (English, mathematics, Kiswahili, two sciences and two others). This will improve the performance of more students overall to qualify for post-secondary education.
KCSE Results to be Announced Second Week of January 2024
The Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec) has abolished the old system where five subjects were compulsory, a method expected to increase the number of candidates eligible for tertiary education.
Mr Machugu said PWPER had found the current system to be unsuitable for some learners whose best subjects were not considered if they were not part of the group.
“Earlier, compulsory subjects included mathematics, English, Kiswahili and two sciences. But this time, we will only have two compulsory subjects: Mathematics and English or Swahili or National Sign Language. We do this to allow learners to explore topics in which they excel, he explained.
He said learners are differentially gifted and have skills in social sciences, arts and sports, as well as science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
However, the CS said that through the skills-based curriculum, learners will have three tracks to follow in secondary school, including social sciences, arts and sports, and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
The SC assured Kenyans that the KCSE results would be credible.
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