In his address, CS Ogamba revealed an increase in candidates, with 6.89% more students sitting for the KCSE in 2024 compared to 2023. Out of the total, 1,693 candidates scored a straight A, while 246,391 candidates attained the minimum university entry grade of C+.

Exam Results Breakdown

According to the results, the following grades were recorded:

• 1,693 students scored an A.
• 7,743 students attained an A-.
• 19,150 students achieved a B+.
• 43,120 scored a B.
• 75,347 earned a B-.
• 99,338 received a C+.

The Ministry of Education maintained the university entry grade at C+ despite earlier rumors of a proposed change to B-. The Ministry dismissed the viral claims as baseless, reaffirming the existing threshold for university admissions.

How to Check KCSE 2024 Results

Students, parents, and teachers can access the results through the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) portal.

1. Visit the KNEC Portal
   Log on to results.knec.ac.ke, the official platform for checking results.
2. Input Candidate Details
   Enter the index number and one of the names registered during KCSE registration. If the information is correct, the results will be displayed.
3. Get the Official Result Slip
   Candidates can collect their official result slips from their schools or examination centers. It’s essential to verify the details for accuracy, including names and grades. Errors must be reported to KNEC within a month.
4. No SMS Option
   Unlike previous years, the SMS option for checking results has been discontinued. This decision follows complaints about inaccuracies in the service.

The 2024 KCSE was conducted from October 22 to November 22 across 10,755 centers nationwide. To enhance integrity, KNEC introduced personalized exam papers that included candidate details such as names and index numbers.

Special courts were also established to address exam malpractice cases. Despite these measures, allegations of cheating and teacher involvement in irregularities emerged. The exams were further marred by challenges such as low pay for invigilators and tragic incidents involving students.

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Students, parents, and teachers can now access the results online through the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) portal. Below is a step-by-step guide to checking the KCSE 2024 results:

1. Visit the KNEC Portal

Candidates are required to access the official KNEC portal at results.knec.ac.ke. This is the designated platform for retrieving the results.

2. Input Candidate Details

Once on the portal, candidates must enter their index number along with one of their registered names as per the KCSE 2024 registration data.

After submitting the required information, the system will display the results on the screen if the entered details are accurate. Candidates encountering difficulties can contact KNEC through its toll-free numbers: 0800724900 or 0800721410 for assistance.

3. Obtain Official Result Slips

The official KCSE result slips will be distributed through the schools or examination centers where the candidates sat for their exams. Candidates, parents, and teachers are advised to thoroughly review the slips for any discrepancies, such as incorrect names or grades. Any errors should be reported to KNEC within one month of the results’ release.

4. No SMS Code for 2024 Results

Unlike previous years, candidates cannot access their results via SMS. This change was implemented after widespread complaints about the SMS service in previous years. Former Education CS Ezekiel Machogu announced the discontinuation of the SMS system during the release of the 2023 KCSE results, citing inefficiencies and technical issues.

Examination Highlights

The 2024 KCSE exams took place between October 22 and November 22 in 10,755 centers across the country, marking a record number of candidates. Ahead of the results’ release, CS Ogamba presented them to President William Ruto at State House, Nairobi. President Ruto expressed satisfaction with the progress in Kenya’s education sector, attributing improved performance to curriculum reforms, teacher recruitment, and better learning facilities.

To maintain examination integrity, KNEC implemented stringent measures, such as personalized exam papers that included candidate names, index numbers, and school details. Additionally, special courts were established to handle cases of exam malpractice.

Despite these efforts, reports of irregularities, including teacher involvement in cheating, surfaced. The exams also faced challenges related to the poor remuneration of invigilators and tragic incidents involving students’ deaths.

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In a statement on Tuesday, KNEC announced that the results of the exams, a key component of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC), are now available on its Competency-Based Assessment (CBA) portal, urging schools to log in to access learner-specific results.

“The 2024 Kenya Primary School Education Assessment reports are ready and have been uploaded on the CBA portal, cba.kec.ac.ke,” the KNEC statement reads.

“Schools that presented candidates for the assessment are advised to log into the portal and access the learner-specific reports. Congratulations to all the 2024 KPSEA candidates.”The KPSEA assessment took place from October 28 to October 30, 2024, with over 1.2 million Grade 6 learners across the country sitting for the exams.

According to KNEC, the assessment seeks to establish the learning outcomes at upper primary school level and assess pupils’ levels of acquisition of core competencies and values.

“It also gives the classroom teachers relevant information about learning gaps noted at the end of the primary tier. Further, it informs stakeholders in education of possible interventions that can improve learning outcomes at the primary school level,” KNEC said in the 2023 KPSEA National Report.

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Education Cabinet Secretary Migos Ogamba confirmed that 93 percent of the targeted 16,000 classrooms are now ready for use.

“In the few cases where construction is yet to be fully finalized, our field officers and school heads have been instructed to implement temporary measures to ensure all learners are accommodated,” Ogamba said.

He added that these measures include using alternative school spaces and merging streams where class sizes allow.

Ahead of the reopening, the government has dispatched 9,926,618 textbooks, with distribution expected to be finalized by January 6.

Additionally, 76,928 teachers have been employed to bolster the education workforce, 56,928 of whom are on permanent and pensionable terms, while 20,000 are interns.

To address staffing needs in Junior Secondary Schools (JSS), qualified primary teachers will be progressively deployed to ensure adequate staffing across institutions.

The government has also committed Sh48.4 billion in capitation funds for the first term. Of this, Sh4 billion is allocated for free primary education, Sh15.3 billion for JSS, and Sh28.9 billion for free day secondary education.

“We are working closely with the National Treasury to ensure the timely release of funds to facilitate smooth operations,” Ogamba noted.

The first term of 2025 will last 13 weeks and includes a five-day mid-term break.

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In an advisory issued on Friday, January 3, NTSA emphasized the need for PSV operators to ensure that their vehicles meet all regulatory requirements before ferrying students.

Operators were reminded to carry valid documentation, including inspection certificates and insurance covers.

Additionally, the advisory stressed the importance of having updated driving licenses and PSV operator permits. Vehicles must also ensure their speed limiters are operational and transmitting data to NTSA’s Intelligent Road Safety Management System.

“Ensure that the vehicle is serviced and parts such as brakes, tyres, lights, and side mirrors are in good working condition,” the notice read in part.

NTSA also addressed the conduct of students during transit, calling on operators to avoid overloading and to ensure every student uses a seatbelt.

The authority warned against allowing students to hang any part of their body outside the vehicle.

In cases where students are found intoxicated, PSV operators were urged to report such incidents to the relevant authorities promptly.

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Speaking in Mombasa during an education tour ahead of school reopening next week, Dr. Kipsang assured stakeholders that the timeline for releasing the KCSE results remains consistent with the previous year.

“This is the second year we are releasing results at the beginning of the year,” said Dr. Kipsang. “When we used to release results in December, people claimed we were rushing. Now, we’re taking time to ensure everything is handled carefully for a smooth release.”

The PS confirmed that the KCSE results would be released within ten days and attributed any perceived delay to the absence of the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) results, which historically accompanied KCSE results.

“We understand it feels like something is missing because we did not have KCPE this year. But I assure you the results are on schedule,” he added.

The 2024 KCSE examination had the highest number of candidates in the history of the test. According to sources within the Kenya National Examination Council (Knec), this increased candidature has contributed to the time taken to finalize the analysis.

Dr. Kipsang emphasized that the integrity of the results is intact, assuring parents, teachers, and students that every child would receive fair results reflecting their effort over the past four years.

“We implemented robust systems and structures to ensure smooth exam administration. Our examiners were given ample time to thoroughly review the exams, ensuring no child is short-changed,” he stated.

Concerns about exam malpractices, including collusion, possession of unauthorized materials, and mobile phones, have prompted Knec to carefully analyze the results. Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba acknowledged a few cases of cheating but assured the public that measures were taken to address them.

The Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association (Kessha), led by Chairman Willy Kuria, urged Knec to ensure fairness in marking and eliminate external influences. The association also proposed stopping school rankings, which they believe add undue pressure and foster malpractice.

“Promotion criteria for teachers should shift from academic performance to holistic student development,” Kuria suggested. He called on the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to revise policies linking promotions to examination results.

The principals also appealed for the depoliticization of education, emphasizing the need to shield exams from political interference to ensure credibility.

Since the reforms initiated by former Education Cabinet Secretary Dr. Fred Matiang’i in 2016, KCSE results have been released promptly after marking. The reforms aimed to curb delays, which were historically blamed for enabling result manipulation.

Knec is also analyzing results for the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA), taken by Grade 6 learners as part of the transition to junior secondary.

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The delay has been attributed to the record number of candidates and strict measures to ensure exam integrity, according to the Ministry of Education.

Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba confirmed the postponement, emphasizing the ministry’s commitment to accuracy and fairness.

“We understand the eagerness of students and parents, but our priority is to ensure the results reflect the integrity and credibility of the examination process,” he said.

This year saw an unprecedented 965,501 candidates registered for the KCSE exams, the highest number in Kenya’s history.

While marking of the exams was completed last week, the sheer volume of candidates has slowed the processing and verification of results.

In addition to the workload, stringent anti-cheating measures have been implemented.

These include thorough cross-checking and verification of exam scripts to uphold the credibility of the results and maintain public confidence in the examination process.

Traditionally, KCSE results are released shortly after marking concludes, often in December. However, the ministry’s decision this year reflects a focus on meticulous reviews over speed.

Parents, candidates, and schools have been urged to remain patient as the ministry finalizes the results. The Ministry of Education has assured the public that further updates will be provided as the process nears completion.

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International students generally have nonimmigrant visas that allow them to study in the US but don’t provide a legal pathway to stay in the country.

“It’s a scary time for international students,” said Pramath Pratap Misra, 23, a student from India who graduated from New York University this year with a bachelor’s degree in political science. NYU had the most international students in the US – more than 27,000 – during the last academic year. On campuses from New York to California, students not only buckled down to take finals before winter break but some also braced for possible disruptions to their lives and the possibility of not being able to complete their studies. Some universities have urged students to put off or cut short travel plans outside the US before the inauguration.

Cornell University’s Office of Global Learning advised students who are traveling abroad to return before the January 21 start of the spring semester or to “communicate with an advisor about your travel plans and be prepared for delays.”

“A travel ban is likely to go into effect soon after inauguration,” the university warned students late last month. “The ban is likely to include citizens of the countries targeted in the first Trump administration: Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Myanmar, Sudan, Tanzania, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Syria, Venezuela, Yemen, and Somalia. New countries could be added to this list, particularly China and India.”

At the University of Southern California, which had more than 17,000 international students during the last academic year, administrators urged foreign students in an email to be back in the US one week before Trump’s White House return, saying that “one or more executive orders impacting travel … and visa processing” may be issued. USC has the largest number of international students in California.

“While there’s no certainty such orders will be issued, the safest way to avoid any challenges is to be physically present in the U.S. before the Spring semester begins on January 13, 2025,” said the USC Office of International Service, according to a report in the student-led media site.

Additionally, Trump’s promise of “mass deportations” reverberates beyond critical industries such as agriculture, leisure and hospitality, construction and health care: It potentially complicates matters for some students regardless of their winter break travel plans.

The president-elect has at the same time promised to “automatically” give green cards to foreign nationals who graduate from US colleges, a proposal that — if pursued by Trump and passed by Congress — could pave the way for potentially millions of international students to become legal permanent residents.

Shortly after Trump made that pledge in June, however, a campaign spokesperson said that group would be limited to the “most skilled graduates” and screened to “exclude all communists, radical Islamists, Hamas supporters, America haters and public charges.” Public charges refers to those who rely on or seek public assistance. Trump hasn’t publicly mentioned the proposal since June, and it’s not clear how his new administration will approach the issue.

One day after the presidential election last month, UCLA’s Center for Immigration Law and Policy reminded students that the university “will not release immigration status or related information in confidential student records … without a judicial warrant, a subpoena, a court order, or as otherwise required by law.”

“The University also has a strict policy that generally prevents campus police from undertaking joint efforts with federal immigration enforcement or detaining people at the federal government’s request,” the center said.

‘We’re very uncertain about the future’

In October 2023, after the start of Israel-Hamas war sparked protests on US college campuses, Trump said at a campaign event that he would revoke student visas and deport “radical anti-American and antisemitic foreigners” enrolled in universities. He criticized pro-Palestinian protests and said he would send Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to what he called “pro-jihadist demonstrations.”

Trump also vowed to reinstate and expand his previous travel ban on people from predominantly Muslim countries – which limited travelers from Iran, Libya, Iraq, Sudan, Somalia, Syria and Yemen. The administration later extended the travel ban to include several African countries. President Joe Biden revoked the travel ban after he took office in 2021. Trump promised to implement “strong ideological screening of all immigrants” and said the US would block “dangerous lunatics, haters, bigots and maniacs to get residency in our country.”

He has sought to distance himself from Project 2025 – the controversial blueprint for a reimagined federal government published by conservatives at the Heritage Foundation in anticipation of a second Trump term – which proposes the elimination of “sensitive zones” limiting federal immigration raids at places such as schools and college campuses. The plan was formulated by Trump allies.

“We’re very uncertain about the future,” said Gabrielle Balreira Fontenelle Mota, 21, who’s from Brazil and is a junior studying journalism and international relations at NYU. “I’m not from a Muslim country or from China, which are places that Trump usually criticizes. So I don’t feel as vulnerable as other international students. … What makes me a little bit more concerned is the ideological screenings that (Trump) said he will be implementing.”

NYU’s leaders offered reassurance in a post-election email last month, saying that “as a global institution, we believe that the cross-border mobility of our students and scholars is of critical importance.”

“We will be monitoring any immigration-related proposals, laws, and actions that could be of concern to our community,” the email said.

‘Budget time ahead of the semester start’

With the specter of restrictive immigration policies, other US universities – among them schools in New England – have offered resources and issued guidance.

The Office of Global Affairs at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has – “out of an abundance of caution” – urged all international students, scholars, faculty and staff to return to campus before day one of the new administration.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technologyurged students to avoid “making decisions based on social media and news reports or rumors.” Northeastern University, which enrolls more international students than any US college after NYU, recommended they return to campus by January 6 to “minimize potential disruption to your studies, work, or research.”

Harvard University’s International Office advised students and scholars to “budget time ahead of the semester start, prior to the January Martin Luther King holiday” to avoid disruptions or delays. Wesleyan University, in a letter to students traveling abroad, recommended they return by January 19 amid “uncertainties around President-elect Donald Trump’s plans for immigration-related policy.”

“The best way to anticipate or predict what will happen in the second Trump administration is to look at what happened in the first administration, and what we saw in the first Trump administration was an effort to restrict the entry of foreign born (students and workers) throughout every category,” Stuart Anderson, executive director of the National Foundation for American Policy, a nonpartisan research organization, said during a recent post-election briefing hosted by the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration.

By CNN

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In a statement, KICD confirmed that learning materials for all grades, from Pre-Primary 1 (PP1) to Grade 9, are already in schools or accessible on the market.

The government acknowledged minor delays in textbooks for rationalised subjects in Grade 7 and Grade 8, including Agriculture, Creative Arts & Sports, and Pre-Technical Studies. However, it assured the public that updated materials, revised in December 2024, would be distributed to schools and made available in the market by February 2025.

“The interim textbooks produced earlier remain sufficient and comprehensively cover all strands in the rationalised learning areas,” KICD stated.

Examples cited include books on Physical Education, Visual Arts, and Performing Arts under Creative Arts & Sports, as well as Agriculture and Home Science for Agriculture studies.

The delays stem from the rationalisation process that followed the release of the Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms (PWPER) report in August 2023. This process, which involved updating curriculum designs, was completed in December 2024, paving the way for publishers to update and print the corresponding textbooks.

KICD emphasized that learning materials for other levels, including PP1 to Grade 3, Upper Primary, and Grade 9, had already been rationalised and are readily available.

“There is no textbook crisis now or in 2025,” the institute reiterated, urging stakeholders to remain confident in its ability to deliver quality resources for learners.

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The revocation, announced through a gazette notice on December 20, 2024, takes effect immediately.

Who is Prof. Charles Chunge?

Prof. Charles Chunge is a distinguished medical professional, researcher, and academic with a career spanning nearly five decades.

After earning his MBChB degree from the University of Nairobi in 1977, Chunge began his medical career in Kisumu before being transferred to Mandera, where he served as the only doctor in a vast region. During this time, he gained significant clinical and management experience and conducted research on scorpion sting treatments.

His research endeavors led him to the Clinical Research Centre in Nairobi and a scholarship from the World Health Organization (WHO) to pursue a Master’s in Medical Parasitology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 1980. During his studies in London, he met his future wife, Ruth.

Upon returning to Kenya in 1981, Chunge played a pivotal role in transforming the Clinical Research Centre into the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI). From 1982 to 1986, he conducted extensive research on tropical diseases, including leishmaniasis, malaria, and schistosomiasis.

In 1986, he joined the University of Nairobi as a Senior Lecturer in Medical Microbiology, earning a PhD in 1989 for his groundbreaking work on leishmaniasis treatment. Later, he pursued a Master’s in Clinical Epidemiology and Health Economics at McMaster University in Canada.

Chunge’s contributions extended beyond academia. In 1994, he co-founded the Centre for Tropical and Travel Medicine (CTTM), a specialized clinic for tropical diseases and travel medicine. His typhoid vaccination program earned recognition from the United Nations, and in 2009, he became a Fellow of the Faculty of Travel Medicine at the University of Glasgow.

In 2015, Chunge was appointed Executive Dean of the School of Medicine at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) in Kakamega, where he successfully established the medical school and admitted its first cohort of students. He also founded WECOHAS, a community organization aimed at improving healthcare and fostering local enterprise.

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