According to the KCSE 2024 Results that were released yesterday, boys scored higher in the majority of subjects and returned a better mean score in 23 of the 30 subjects tested.
However, Girls performed better than boys mainly in languages while boys were outstanding in maths, sciences and technical subjects.
Girls shone bright in seven subjects including English, Kiswahili, Kenya Sign Language, French, home science, CRE and art and design as indicated by the Kenya National Examinations Council.
Boys had higher mean scores in 23 subjects including mathematics, biology, biology for the blind, physics, chemistry, general science, history and government, geography and Islamic education.
Others were woodwork, metal work, building and construction, power mechanics, electricity, drawing and design, aviation technology, agriculture, Arabic, computer studies, German, music and business studies.
Ironically, majority of the subjects in which boys did better than girls recorded improvements while those in which girls excelled registered a notable decline.
They subjects include maths, biology, physics, chemistry, general science, history and government, geography, Islamic religious education, agriculture, woodwork, metal work, drawing and design, aviation technology, computer studies, Kenya Sign Language, and business studies.
“10 subjects recorded a drop in performance. They were English, Kiswahili, biology for the blind, CRE, home science, building construction, electricity, French, German and music,” Ogamba said.
More students qualified for public university in 2024 than in 2023, with the CS announcing that 246,391 students scored the minimum C+.
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