Gender parity attained in 2023 KCSE exams – CS Machogu
Kenya achieved gender parity in the 2023 KCSE national examinations, Education CS Ezekiel Machogu has said. The gap between the number of boys who sat the KCSE exam in 2023 compared to girls narrowed, he said. https://bit.ly/3RO666C
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00:00 of the 899,453 candidates who sat the 2023 KCSA examination,
00:08 450,554 were men, while 448,899 were female,
00:17 representing 50.09% and 49.91% of the total candidature, respectively.
00:26 This indicates that the country has achieved gender parity at the secondary education level.
00:33 During the year 2023 KCSA examination, 11 counties had a significant increase in female candidates.
00:42 This was Garissa, 66.39% compared to 33.61%
00:50 while 9 other counties had a significant increase in female candidates.
01:08 This being Fijiga, Marakot, Kirinyaga, Meru, Kiambu, Nairobi, Kisumu and Kitui.
01:19 The number of candidates who were aged 16 years and below increased from 12,710 in the year 2023 to 16,040
01:34 which was 1.776% in the year 2023.
01:41 The highest percentage of candidates registered for the 2023 KCSA examination
01:46 were within the appropriate age bracket of between 17 to 19 years,
01:52 constituting 632,288 which was 70.01% of the total candidature.
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