Private schools bounce back in KCPE exams
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- 29 Mar 2022
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Private schools have made a dramatic comeback to stamp their authority as bastions of excellence, elbowing out public schools in 2021 KCPE exams.
Academies scooped 11 of the top 14 slots, even as top marks continued to slide downward over five years.
Last year, public schools defied the Covid-19 pandemic and learning hiatus to dominate results, capturing seven of the top 10 spots in the KCPE exam.
Magata Bruce Makenzie of Gilgil Hills Academy posted 428 marks out of the possible 500 to emerge top of the 2021 class.
But there was a marginal drop of five marks compared to the 2020 KCPE exam results when Mumo Faith Kawee of Kari-Mwailu Public Primary School emerged top with 433 marks.
But overall performance improved.
Boys dominated eight of the top 14 positions, with girls taking six slots.
The Ministry of Education said 1,214,031 candidates sat the exams in 28,313 centres.
The results were released at the Kenya National Examinations Council offices.
However, the results showed a trend of declining top marks over five years: 455 (2017), 455 (2018), 440 (2019), 433 (2020) and 428 in 2021.
In the results released on Monday by Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha, Ashley Kerubo of Makini School, Kibos, was second with 427 marks.
Six students tied for third, all scoring 426 marks.
They are Charity Buyanzi (Holy Family Misikhu), Sharon Wairimu (Emmanuel Academy), Chantelle Ndinda (Kitengela International School, Stanely Otieno (Rophine Field Junior School), Naomi Wekesa (White Star Academy) and Ethan Karuga of Stepping Stones Preparatory.
The 2021 candidates weathered a gruelling, shortened academic calendar compressed to recover time lost during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The CS announced 320 students had been smoked out for examination cheating in seven exam centres.
However, unlike last year when the government allowed the cheats to receive their results, Magoha said this year's cheats will be punished severely.
These candidates, Magoha said, will be awarded a mark of zero in the affected subjects.
“During the marking ... KNEC established that 320 candidates in seven examination centres colluded during the administration of the 2021 KCPE examination,” he said. Read More…
