Bungoma Parents Congratulate Principal After School Attains Mean Grade Of 4.9: "Good Progress"

• Kaptanai Secondary School will be sending 14 candidates to the university after their impressive performance in the 2023 KCSE examination
• This would be the highest number in the history of the school which constantly registered a dismal performance
• It is also in the 2023 national test that the school had its first B+ (plus) since it got into the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC)'s directory as a centre

Eli Odaga, a journalist at TUKO.co.ke, brings over three years of experience covering politics and current affairs in Kenya.

The fraternity at Kaptanai S.A Secondary School in Bungoma West is an excited lot after candidates at the institution fared well in the 2023 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination.

Parents and alumni were astounded by the impressive results posted compared to the previous years.

14 direct university entries

A total of 91 candidates wrote the national examination at the centre.

Of the total entries, only 14 attained the university entry grades.

The best candidate scored B+ (plus), with two securing a B plain, seven B- (minus), and four with C+ (plus).

The remainder scored between C plain and D plain; 12 attained C plain, 21 with C- (minus), 27 with D+ (plus) and 17 with D plain.

Speaking to TUKO.co.ke, a member and coordinator in the school's Board of Management (BOM) attributed the feat to cooperation between the teaching and non-teaching staff, parents, alumni and students.

Maurice Kimawachi revealed the candidates were subjected to numerous talks that fortified their focus on passing the examination.

"The students were motivated by friends and alumni of the school to post the tremendous performance. This would be a positive deviation of over 0.7 compared to the previous year," he said.

Kimawachi revealed that the school's top candidates had routinely fallen in the B- (minus) area, now taking the 2023 feat in which the top achiever scored a B+ (plus) as a sign of significant improvement.

This year, the school recorded the highest number of direct university entries in its history.

Accolades were directed to the principal, Doris Onyango, whose tenure has been hailed for being transformative.

Following the achievement, the school organised a celebratory march from its location to Namutokholo before having a Thanksgiving session in the sponsor church.

Number of grade A in 2023 KCSE

Meanwhile, while releasing the 2023 results, Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu revealed that only 1,216 candidates out of 895, 533 scored a mean grade of A.

"There were 1,216 (0.14%) candidates who obtained an overall grade of A in the 2023 KCSE Examination compared to 1,146 (0.13%) candidates in the year 2022," Machogu said.

Of those who scored As, 889 were from national schools, while 172 were from extra-county schools.

Private schools produced 143 As, with county and sub-county schools producing 5 and 7, respectively.

A total of 18,078 students attained a mean grade of B+, with 10,370 males and 7,708 females. For B plain, there are 36,728 candidates, while a total of 59,514 scored B-, and 78,343 scored C+.

"The number of candidates who attained the minimum university entry qualification (Grade C+ and above) was 201,133 (22.27%) in the year 2023 KCSE Examination compared to 173,345 (19.62%) in the year 2022. This is as a result of the application of a new grading system," Machogua announced.

Over 4,000 students would not get their results due to irregularities.