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The Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) is an academic certificate awarded to candidates upon completion of secondary education in Kenya. [1]The first KCSE exam was held in 1989 at the same time as the last Kenya Advanced Certificate of Education (KACE), which it replaced as the entrance requirement for Kenyan universities.
In Kenya, the grading system varies according to overall performance of candidates in the national exam called Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE). All grade thresholds change per year according to the intensity of the exam. As of 2019 Exghest Mean Grade (A) equated to the percentage of 81+.
The system was introduced in 1985 to replace the 7-4-2-3 curriculum, which consisted of seven years of primary school (classes 1–7), four years of lower secondary school (form 1–4), two years of upper secondary school (form 5–6) and three years of higher education.
The functions of the Kenya National Examinations Council are as follows: [2] Set and maintain examination standards, conduct public academic, technical and other national examinations within Kenya at basic and tertiary levels;
The same body also conducted and regulated the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE), a certificate awarded to students after completing secondary education. KCPE and KCSE were both started in 1985 when the 8-4-4 system of education was introduced in Kenya.The last KCPE examination, under this system was done on November 1, 2023 at 11am.
The first cohort of learners under the CBC curriculum will clear Primary Education in 2022. They are expected to transition to junior high school in early 2023.The government has through the ministry of education been investing in developing the infrastructure required in public schools across the country to accommodate the junior high-schoolers.
The school was founded in 1925 as the Government African School (GAS). It is one of the oldest high schools in the country. [2] It was established to cater for African students at a time when schools were still segregated by the British colonialists.
In August 2022, Deputy President William Ruto narrowly won the presidential election. He took 50.5% of the vote. His main rival, Raila Odinga, got 48.8% of the vote. [112] On 13 September 2022, William Ruto was sworn in as Kenya's fifth president. [113] In 2024, Ruto and the Kenya Kwanza coalition faced popular protests over the Kenyan Finance ...