In the 2020 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations results that were released on Monday, the candidates generally performed well. Education Cabinet Secretary Professor George Magoha, while releasing the results, announced the best overall candidates in the KCSE 2020 examinations.
The CS read the names of the KCSE 2020 candidates nationally and stated their schools and mean grades.
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The CS gave the list of the most improved KCSE 2020 candidates in comparison to how they performed in 2016 KCPE examinations. he gave the names of their secondary schools and mean scores.
Also released is information on the well performed and poorly performed subjects in the KCSE 2020 examinations.
Magoha at the same time announced how the KCSE 2020 candidates performed. He read the number of candidates who scored grade A (plain), A-(minus), B+(plus), B(plain), B-(minus), C+(plus),C(plain), C-(minus),D+(plus),D(plain),D-(minus) and E.
See how KCSE candidates performed in previous years.
| Year | Candidates with grade A (plain) | Candidates with grade C+(plus) and above |
| 2014 | 3,073 | 149,717 |
| 2015 | 2,636 | 165,766 |
| 2016 | 141 | 88,929 |
| 2017 | 142 | 70,073 |
| 2018 | 315 | 90,377 |
| 2019 | 627 | 125,746 |
As usual, CS Magoha did not release the ranking of schools in the 2020 KCSE examinations. This is because ranking of schools was outlawed.
Candidates who sat for the 2020 KCSE examinations can now get their results by sending an SMS with the full KCSE 2020 index number to 20076.
You can also visit the official Knec portal to get the results.