KenGen Education Scholarships Class of 2018 KCSE Results.

The KenGen Education Scholarship class of 2018 performed well in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Examinations, recording two A – (minus), two B+ (plus), four B (plain), one B- (minus), three C+ (plus) and two C (plain).

James Kariuki Kihiko from Lenana School, and Joshua Ouko from Kisumu Boys both scored A- (minus) to lead the pack that had a total of 16 sponsored candidates.

Margaret Githaiga from St. Francis High School Mang’u and Guantai Samuel Muthaura from Starehe Boys Center both scored B (plus), while Rejoice Mutheu – Alliance Girls, Daniel Muthoka – Alliance Boys, Vivian Wangari – Kyeni Girls and Edwin Omolo – Homabay High School obtained B (plain) as the mean score.

Mary Naneu Shaa from State House Girls was the only one to score a B- (minus), with three other candidates scoring C+ (plus) as the mean score, and two more with C (plain). One of the candidates failed to feature in this year’s KCSE.

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In 2017, the KenGen Education Scholarship candidates managed to score three A- (minus), three B+ (plus), two B (plain), four B – (minus) and 1 C (plain).

A total 660,204 students sat for the examination countrywide, with 338,628 being male while 321,576 were female, representing 51.29 per cent and 48.71 per cent respectively.

This year, the number of candidates who scored the minimum university entry mean grade of C+ and above is 90,377 or 13.77 per cent of the total number of those who sat the tests.

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In 2017, the number was 70,073 or just 11.38 per cent of the candidates.

The results of 3,427 students who sat the 2018 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examinations were cancelled after having been found guilty of examination malpractice.

The KenGen Foundation wishes all the Education Scholarships alumni the best of luck as they advance in their studies.