Top KCPE Candidate in 2022 Scores 431 Marks
The top candidate in this year’s Standard Eight examinations scored 431 marks out of 500, Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu announced.
Gathogo Wanjiru 
In a departure from tradition, CS Machogu did not name the top candidates during the official release of the results on Wednesday at Mtihani House in Nairobi.
A total of 9,443 candidates scored 400 marks and above, and 307,756 scored between 300 and 399 marks.
The CS also announced that 619,593 candidates scored between 200 and 299 marks. 296,336 candidates got between 100 and 199 marks.
A total of 724 candidates scored 99 marks and below.
The Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec) chairperson Professor Julius Nyabundi has said the 2022 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) is above board.
This as he said the country will return to a normal education calendar come next year marking an end to a compressed education calendar witnessed in 2022.
Prof Nyabundi assured Kenyans that the 2022 KCPE examinations were carried out in a professional manner and in accordance with Knec regulations and procedures.
“The Council can assure the public that the results the candidates are about to receive are credible and a true reflection of the candidates’ individual performances and achievements,” said Prof Nyabundi.
A total of 1,244,188 candidates sat for the examinations countrywide where they were examined in English, Mathematics, Science, Kiswahili, and Social Studies and Religious Education – for three days between November 28 and Wednesday, November 30, 2022.
This is the second-last KCPE exam, with the last 8-4-4 cohort set to complete primary school next year giving way to the first cohort under the competency-based curriculum (CBC).
