KCSE 2024: Performance Up as Share of Poor Grades Dips in a Year of Landmark Gender Shift

“Seen through a tabula rasa lens, the 2024 KCSE results surprise with a historic female majority and a clear downturn in poor grades — a strong testament to Kenya’s evolving education landscape,” remarked the Founder of Impact Borderless Digital (IBD) as he unveiled plans for the Inaugural IBD Youth Summit to be held this year to take stock of the milestones achieved in youth mentorship and lessons for improvement.

Historic Milestone as Kenyan Girls Outnumber Boys in KCSE Enrolment

These 2024 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) results mark a historic milestone: more girls than boys sat the national examinations for the first time since KCSE began in 1989. This follows closely on the 2023 analysis, which posted gender enrolment parity for the first time. If the enrolment trend continues, the projection this analysis series (IBDSeries) made in 2023 — that the number of KCSE candidates would exceed one million by 2025 — remains well on track. Furthermore, for the second year running with gender parity in enrolment, more boys than girls scored the worst grades of D- and E.

As the Impact Borderless Digital (IBD) youth mentorship programme celebrates its fifth year in youth mentorship, complete with youth-centred research feats that have been championing quality education with equity in transition rates to ensure girls can progressively attain parity in…