2023 KCSE Exam Results Out Today – Ministry of Education
Education Cabinet Secretary (CS) Hon Ezekiel Machogu will today, Monday, January 8, 2024 release the 2023 KCSE Examination Results at Moi Girls High School Eldoret at 9am, The Ministry of Education has confirmed.
Thousands of students who took the 2023 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams are looking forward to the publication of results today. In late December, Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu confirmed the timeframe, adding that the fate of the 903,260 candidates would be revealed “by the second week of January.”
Last year’s results were made public on January 20. The 2023 KCSE results are especially significant since they coincide with the adoption of a new grading system aimed at increasing university entrance.
The redesigned structure, which was unveiled in August, cuts the number of compulsory subjects needed to calculate the candidate’s final score from five to two. Mathematics and any language (English, Kiswahili, or National Sign Language) will be compulsory subjects under the new grading system.
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Mathematics and a language (English, Kiswahili, or Kenya Sign Language) are now required subjects, with the remaining marks earned from any other five best-performing subjects.
The reforms are part of the Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms’ recommendations, and they aim to improve university entry qualifications. The five compulsory subjects under the former grading system were (English, Math, Kiswahili, two sciences) and two others.
This change is the result of criticism that the old approach did not favor students whose strongest subjects did not fall inside the mandatory cluster.
“The current system is disadvantageous to some learners,” Machogu remarked. “We are doing this to allow learners to explore subjects they are good at.”
Under the new funding model, the candidates will also be the second group of students admitted to institutions of higher learning, universities, and colleges. Instead of categories, students will be divided into bands, and all students will be compelled to contribute to the cost of tuition fees with the government.
According to the revised system, all students in the five bands will receive a boost ranging from Sh40,000 to Sh60,000, dependent on household size. They will also contribute between 5% and 40% of the fees.
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Students in band one (formerly ‘vulnerable’) will receive 70% of scholarships and 25% of loans under the modified scheme. Parents in these families will now be responsible for 5% of the costs. In addition, students would receive Sh60,000 for maintenance.
Students in band two (formerly known as ‘very needy’) will receive 60% scholarships and 30% loans. Parents would contribute 10% of the fees, and the government will provide Sh55,000 for each student’s maintenance.
Band three (formerly referred to as ‘needy’) students will receive 50% scholarships and 30% loans, with parents bearing 20% of the costs. Students in this group will get Sh50,000 in upkeep funds.
The newly introduced band five will receive 30% scholarships and another 30% in loans, with households covering 40% of the expenditures. Students in this group will get Sh40,000 in upkeep funds.
The changes were made in response to concerns about the initial funding formula’s viability. The new grading system, together with a shift in the funding mechanism, may provide a ray of hope for a better educational future for Kenyan youngsters.
2023 KCSE Exam Results Out Today – Ministry of Education
