Girls excel in languages, as boys top in sciences

Lenny Adams’ family celebrate 2021 KCPE results. Adams scored 415 marks at Kakamega Hill School. [File, Standard]

Girls performed slightly better than boys in the 2021 KCPE examinations.

In terms of gender, Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha said the performance of male and female candidates was comparable.

"However, female candidates performed slightly better than their male counterparts in English and Kiswahili," he said.

The CS added that male candidates performed slightly better than their female counterparts in Kenyan Sign Language, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies and Religious Education.

He expressed joy that six papers recorded an improvement in performance compared to the 2020 results.

‘‘These are English Composition, Kiswahili Lugha, Kiswahili Insha, Kenyan Sign Language Composition, Science and Social Studies,’’ said Prof Magoha.

On overall performance of candidates, there was an improvement compared to 2020.

Meanwhile, a newly founded school, Muumandu Hills Academy in Machakos sub-county pulled a surprise by emerging among the top performers in Lower Eastern.

The school's pioneer class of 16 candidates had a mean grade of 401 marks. Ten candidates scored above 400 marks while the lowest had 386 marks.

Diana Kioko and Violet Nzomo, tied with 414 marks followed closely by Caleb Musyoki who scored 412 marks.

Other schools which posted impressive results include Fullcare Academy whose top candidate, Keren Kavila Muli scored 410 marks. Early Bird School also produced five candidates scoring over 400 marks.

In the public schools category, traditional giant, Machakos Primary produced 17 candidates with over 400 marks, with the top performer, Gerald Hadasha scooping 416 marks. He was followed by Emmy Mwende (414 marks), Ian Kanyote (412 marks) and Mark Wambua who had 407 marks. 

 [Additional reporting by Erastus Mulwa and Victor Nzuma]