KCSE 2024-2025 Results of Nairobi County; Top 100 Schools and Students
KCSE 2024-2025 Top 100 Schools in Nairobi
The official release of the 2024 KCSE results on Thursday January 9, 2025 by Education CS Julius Ogamba Migosi has encouraged most candidates especially after the number of university qualifiers (C+ and above) rose by over 45,000. Some of the top performing schools in Nairobi that fought to maintain the top 100 slots in the just released 2024 (January 9, 2025) KCSE results are listed below:
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Strathmore Schoolemerged top in the 2023 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, KCSE, examination in Nairobi County. The school had a mean score of 10.5 A- a marked positive deviation that propelled it to the peak of academic excellence dethroning and dwarfing academic giants in the country.
The second and third positions were scooped by Pangani Girls High School and the Kenya High School; respectively.
| S/NO | SCHOOL | MEAN | POS | COUNTY | REGION |
| 1. | Strathmore School
(Private) |
10.5 | 6 | Nairobi | Nairobi |
| 2. | Pangani High School
(National) |
10.49 | 7 | Nairobi | Nairobi |
| 3. | The Kenya High School
(National) |
9.95 | 23 | Nairobi | Nairobi |
| 4. | Nairobi School | 9.543 | 36 | Nairobi | Nairobi |
| 5. | Light Academy Nairobi | 9.39 | 43 | Nairobi | Nairobi |
| 6. | Starehe Boys Centre | 9.27 | 53 | Nairobi | Nairobi |
| 7. | Lenana School | 8.3596 | 120 | Nairobi | Nairobi |
New Mid-Year KNEC KCSE Examinations 2025
This was intimated by Education Cabinet Secretary (CS) Julius Migos on Thursday, noting that this targets candidates wishing to repeat their exam, or those who missed it due to unavoidable circumstances.
“Adult candidates may also consider registering for the July KCSE series examination,” he said while releasing the 2024 KCSE results.
2024 (January 2025) KCSE Distribution of Grades Nationally
In a nutshell:
1,693 KCSE 2024 candidates record straight As as 48,333 get E
The number of learners who scored mean grade A in the 2024 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination improved from 1,216 in 2023 to 1,693 in 2024, indicating a steady rise of top scorers countrywide.
Speaking during the release of the 2024 KCSE results, Education Cabinet Secretary Migos Ogamba commended the learners and attributed the performance to the new grading system that was implemented in 2023.
In the new system, only two mandatory subjects; Mathematics and one language (either English, Kiswahili or Kenya Sign Language) are used to compute the mean grade as compared to the previous structure that considered five subjects across three cluster groups.
He added that the number of candidates with direct university entry qualifications (grade C+ and above) rose to 246,391 (25.53 per cent) compared to 201,133 (22.27 per cent) in 2023.
Further, the number of candidates with grade C- is 476,889 (49.41 per cent) compared to 401,216 (44.2 per cent) in 2023.
Those who attained a D+ and above were 605,774 (62.76 per cent) compared to 526,222 (58.22 per cent) in the previous examinations.
Candidates who scored a mean grade E were 48,333; comprising 20,112 women and 28,221 men.
In addition, 840 candidates’ results were cancelled after they engaged in exam irregularities. A further 2,829 candidates’ results were withheld for suspicion of irregularities pending completion of investigations within 30 days.
CS Ogamba confirmed that disciplinary action will be taken on 91 contracted professionals and teachers who aided in irregularities.
HOW TO ACCESS 2024/2025 KCSE RESULTS
Kindly note that the information provided in this article simply provides a general overview of the KCSE 2024 results. To get your individual results, access the official Knec portal at Knec.ac.ke online using the results.knec.ac.ke and fill your full index number followed by your full name then hit the “View Results” button.
Unfortunately, this service is currently unavailable, owing to the massive number of people currently trying to access the site. Candidates and parents are therefore urged to exercise patience as Knec works towards resolving this issue. Once the online portal is fixed, individual candidate results will be access instantly.
Tough Measures for KCSE 2024 Candidates as Knec Casts Net for Malpractice
The Kenya National Examinations Council, KNEC, has upgraded its game, bringing into play several new more stringent measures to curb cheating. In case you missed out, get a quick glimpse of these new policies below:
Among the measures are the personalization of the examination papers to ensure each is unique to a candidate, the rotation of supervisors; as well as a ban on phones for the invigilators, centre managers and candidates during exams.
The 2024 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) will be administered from October 22 to November 22, 2024, while the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) and Kenya Intermediate Level Education Assessment (KILEA) will be held from October 28 to November 1, 2024.
One of the key innovations is the personalization of KCSE question papers for each candidate.
According to Knec, this move is designed to prevent cheating by ensuring that each candidate’s exam paper is unique.
Knec CEO David Njengere emphasized that this measure will also enhance the security of the exams by anonymizing the answer scripts during marking, thereby reducing the chances of malpractice and ensuring fairness in the grading process.
This means that the examiners won’t be able to identify the owner of the script, as it will only contain a signature.
“This measure is expected to boost exam security by anonymizing answer scripts during the marking process. The KCSE question papers will be personalized for every candidate. This will help anonymise the answer scripts during marking. More details on this innovation will be shared with supervisors and invigilators during the Sub- County briefing sessions,” said Dr Njengere.
The new system aims to streamline the marking of the 2024 KCSE exams, set to be taken by 965,501 candidates across 10,755 centers, an increase from 903,260 in 2023.
Additionally, Knec will administer the KPSEA to 1,313,913 candidates in 32,573 centers, bringing the total number of candidates for national exams to over 2.27 million. Knec has also revised the deployment of security officers.
For the KPSEA exams, security personnel will now only be involved in the distribution and collection of exam materials.
However, the standard practice of deploying at least two security officers to each KCSE examination center will continue.
Another significant change concerns the use of mobile phones during exams. All staff involved in exam administration, such as supervisors, invigilators, and center managers, will now be required to secure their mobile phones in lockable desks, monitored by security officers.
This step, Knec said, is intended to minimize any potential misconduct and ensure the integrity of the examination process.
“No phones will be allowed during the opening of the exam papers or while the exams are in progress. Phones will be secured in local desks under the supervision of a security officer, with the center holding the key,” said Dr Njegere.
Ms Antonina Lentoijoni, the Director Staffing, Teacher Service Commission (TSC), emphasised that supervisors and invigilators will not be deployed to examination centers where they have vested interests. Instead, they will be required to declare any affiliations with the centers where they will be assigned.
“They will be required to declare any affiliations with the examination centers where they will be assigned,” said Ms Lentoijoni
Ms Lentoijoni said that they have introduced a rotation system for KCSE supervisors.
Each supervisor will serve at an examination center for only one week before being reassigned.
This strategy is designed to minimize familiarity with the centers and further enhance examination security.
“All KCSE supervisors will be required to serve for only one week at any examination center. They will keep rotating every week. I am confident that even after we have nominated them, none of them will know the centers they will be assigned to. They will be supervised as we sit here today,” said Ms Lentoijoni.
Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba highlighted that KNEC has expanded the number of distribution centers for KCSE materials by adding 41 new centers which sums up otal to 617, ensuring a smoother and more efficient distribution of exam papers nationwide.
“When we compromise our interventions, we compromise the standards of our certificates, all of us, and that affects our economy, I wish to assure you that the country that the challenges experienced in 2023 in the collection of examination materials for the KCSE twice a day have been addressed by introducing an extra 41 containers,” said Mr Ogamba.
Further, the CS issued a stern warning regarding examination malpractices, urging all candidates, managers, and supervisors to strictly comply with the laid-down examination regulations, cautioning that failure to do so would result in facing “the full force of the law.
“The government shall have no mercy on anyone who will be found engaging in the transmission of examination malpractices,” said Mr Ogamba.
The CS currently, 16,000 classrooms are being constructed to accommodate the new learning requirements. The CS, having toured several counties to monitor progress, expressed confidence that all classrooms will be ready ahead of the 2025 academic calendar.
“We are constructing 16,000 classrooms in our junior schools that will accommodate them IN 2025,” said Mr Ogamba.