KCSE Exam – Kenya Certificate of Secondary Examination 2013 KCSE Exam Results (2013 KNEC KCSE Results); News, Figures, Statistics & Analysis. KCSE Top 100 Schools. KCSE Top 100 Candidates. National, County, Private & District Schools Rankings & performance. 2013 KCSE Exam Results. KNEC – Kenya National Examinations Council Exams » KCSE – Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education » KCSE Exam Results Released KCSE stands for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, which is taken at the completion of Secondary Education.The first KCSE exam was held in 1989 at the same time as the last Kenya Advanced Certificate of Education (KACE), which it replaced as the entrance requirement for Kenyan Universities.The top student was Naeem Samnakay, who had also been the top student in the first KCPE exam 4 years before.Initially, KCSE was a minimum of 10 subjects. KCSE has since been reviewed twice, and the minimum number of subjects is now 7.Compulsory Subjects
English, Swahili, Mathematics
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History and government, Geography, Christian Religious Education, Islamic Religious Education and Hindu Religious Education
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Home science, Art and Design, Agriculture, Computer Studies, Aviation
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French, German, Arabic, Music, Business StudiesFor grading, candidates must take all the three compulsory subjects, at least two sciences, one humanities and at least one practical or technical subject.The examination is taken over October & November and the results are released in late February or early March the following year.The KCSE examinations are taken under very strict supervision from invigilators to avoid cheating and run for a period of about one month.
Cheating in these examinations attracts severe penalties from the Kenya National Examinations Council and students caught cheating get their grades cancelled.
The exams usually start around after October 20 and end in late November.
From December, the exam is graded and released the following year.
Examination results are announced to the public by the Minister for Education and the KCSE top 100 students and KCSE top schools are released to the media the same day of the announcement.
KCSE School rankings are divided into; KCSE top 100 schools, KCSE top 100 private schools, KCSE top 100 county schools, KCSE top 100 district schools. Nationals schools which number less than 100 are given order of ranking.The grading of the examination is generally: A (80% and above) A- (79- 75) B+ (70-74) B (65-69) B- (60-65) C+ (55-59) C (50-54) C- (45-49) D+ (40-44) D (35-39) D- (30-34) E (0-29). In Kenya, this KCSE examination is the entrance to public and private universities and the pass mark is grade C+.
Students who attain a lower mark than C+ join other tertiary institutions for non-degree courses. Over time, stringent measures have been taken by the government to ensure and sustain the credibility of the KCSE examination.
However, there have been instances of breaches of these measures leading to examination vices such as leakage to some selected students who if undetected end up scoring high grades.
In detected cases, such students have been punished by having their results cancelled and examination officials who participated in the vice charged in a court of law.Each year, hundreds of thousands of students take the KCSE examination after four years of the Secondary School Course and this examination is a major determinant of the individual’s future career.
A good grade guarantees one a place in one of the public or private universities in the country and abroad.
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