The Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) on Thursday, January 9, 2025 released the 2024 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Examinations (KCSE) results.
The results were announced by the Ministry of Education Cabinet Secretary (CS) Julius Migos Ogamba at Mtihani House, Nairobi.
The marking of exams concluded on December 13, 2024, after an extensive effort by examiners across 35 designated marking centres.
Unlike in previous years, candidates will not be able to access the 2024 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) results through SMS code.
The results will be accessed through the Knec website.
Once you log in on the website, press the 'KSCE Results' icon.
"Individual 2024 KCSE candidates' examination results will be accessed online through a link on the KNEC website or directly through the URL: https://results.knec.ac.ke/," a statement from KNEC read.
"Key in your index number and any ONE of your registered name(s) on the spaces provided. Click on the "View Results button and the results will appear on the screen."
"Checking of KCSE Examination Provisional Results will be available after the release of KCSE Results," Knec said.
Official result slips will be accessible through examination centres where the candidates sat for their exams.
The 2024 KCSE exams took place in 10,755 centres, with a record-high of 965,501 candidates sitting the exams, an increase from 903,138 in 2023.
More Ladies than Men sat for their National Examinations, for the First time.
Out of the total number of candidates that sat the 2024 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) 246,391 students have attained direct entry to the university.
“The number of candidates with direct university entry qualifications of grade C+ and above is 246,391 which translated to 25.3 percent,” stated the CS.
According to the CS, this was an improvement from the 2023 KCSE whereby 133,000 qualified for university entry translating to 22.27 percent. He attributed the improvement to the new grading system.
A total of 1,693 students attained a grade A in the 2024 KCSE results, which is an improvement from the 1,216 candidates who obtained an A grade in 2023.
More candidates attained the mean grade that would allow them to join Tvets and Diploma courses in the 2024 KCSE results compared to the 2023 results.
“The number of candidates with grade C minus and above which is Tvets, Diploma and above was 476, 889 which translates to 49.41 percent in the 2024 KCSE examination compared to 401, 216 which is translated to 44.42 percent in 2023,” stated CS Ogamba.
The 2024 KSCE examination saw a 64,553 increase in the number of students that sat the exam. In 2024, a total of 965,501 candidates sat the exam while in 2023, 899, 453 students sat the national exam. Out of this 480,310 were male while 482,202 were female.
According to the CS, this year’s KCSE marks the first time, since the inception of the exams that the number of female candidates surpassed the number of male candidates.
The Cabinet Secretary also announced that the results of 840 students have been cancelled.
At the same time, Ogamba stated that the KCSE results of 2,829 students have been withheld.
CS Ogamba stated that the results were cancelled after the students were involved in exam irregularities.
“There were 840 Candidates who were involved in examinations irregularities in 2024 and their examination result6s have been cancelled,” Ogamba said.
According to the CS, candidates’ examination papers were personalized and anonymized to improve objectivity during marking and holding candidates personally responsible for any irregularities.
“The council is empowered in law as provided in KNEC handling of examination irregularities rules of 2015 legal notice no 132 of 2015 rule no 8 to withhold the results of any candidate or examination center suspected of having been involved in exam irregularities or malpractice pending completion of investigations,” CS Ogamba stated.
“To this end the results of 2, 829 candidates suspected to have been involved in examination irregularities have been withheld pending completion of investigations that should be completed within a period of 30 days from the official release of exams which is today.”
The CS revealed that 91 teachers aided students in exam irregularities and malpractices.
“It is unfortunate that a few contracted professionals and teachers are still insistent ruining the futures of our learners by subjecting them to examination malpractices,” said Ogamba.
“19 contracted professionals were reported to have been involved in aiding examination malpractices. Firme disciplinary action will be taken against such teacher.”
