Ikombe Primary School in Yatta, Machakos County has been ranked the best performing school in 2018's Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) results after beating giant schools from different parts of the nation.
The school registered a mean score of 418 marks after presenting 95 candidates during the examinations.
While releasing the results on Monday, Education Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed at Star of the Sea Primary School in Mombasa, noted that the girl child outsmarted the boy in the examinations.
Amina said there were no cases of examination leakage during the exercise as reported by some media houses across the nation.
“The number of candidates scoring 400 marks and above rose to 12,273 from 9,846 last year, while some 228,414 candidates scored between 301 and 401 marks compared to 217,307 last year. “The majority, 574,927 candidates posted between 201 and 300 marks against 529,897 last year,” Amina said.
It emerged that only 2,177 candidates managed to score between 001 and 100 marks following the release of the examinations.
There was a drop in the number of candidates within this range compared to 2017 after only 2,360 candidates scored between 001 and 100 marks.
Parents and teachers in various schools across the country continue to celebrate the sterling results as they wait for form one selections.
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