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THE KENYA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

2009 KCPE EXAMINATION RELEASE STATISTICS

1.0 TABLE 1: KCPE EXAMINATION CANDIDATURE TRENDS FOR THE LAST 10

YEARS

Total Candidature Males Females

Year Total No. Increase/ No. Reg. Increase/ No. Reg. Increase/
Registered Decrease (%) Decrease (%) Decrease
(%) (%) (%)
1.1 2009 727,054 31,277 381,600 14,475 345,454 16,802
(4.50%) (52.49%) (3.94%) (47.51%) (5.11%)
1.2 2008 695,777 -9,141 367,125 -5,140 328,652 -4,001
(-1.30%) (52.76%) (-1.38%) (47.24%) (-1.20%)
1.3 2007 704, 918 38,467 372,265 19,483 332,653 18,984
(5.77%) (52.81%) (5.52%) (47.19%) (6.05%)
1.4 2006 666,451 -5,099 352,782 -44 313,669 -5,055
(-0.76%) (52.93%) (-0.01%) (47.07%) (-1.59%)
1.5 2005 671,550 13,803 352,826 9,847 318,724 3,956
(2.10%) (52.54%) (2.87%) (47.46%) (1.26%)
1.6 2004 657,747 69,786 342,979 39,072 314,768 30,714
(11.87%) (52.14%) (12.86%) (47.86%) (10.81%)
1.7 2003 587,961 47,892 303,907 25,266 284,054 22,626
(8.87%) (51.69%) (9.07%) (48.31%) (8.65%)
1.8 2002 540,069 25,719 278,641 13,897 261,428 11,822
(5.00%) (51.59%) (5.25%) (48.41%) (4.74%)
1.9 2001 514,350 33,239 264,744 16,324 249,606 16,915
(6.91%) (51.47%) (6.6%) (48.53%) (7.23%)
1.10 2000 481,111 26,567 248,420 13,273 232,691 (13,294)
(5.56%) (51.63%) (5.64%) (48.37%) (6.06%)

Release of the year 2009 KCPE Examination Results by the Hon. Prof. Sam Ongeri, E.G.H., M.P., Minister for Education on
Tuesday 29th December 2009
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2.0 LINE GRAPH 1: KCPE EXAMINATION CANDIDATURE TRENDS FOR THE

LAST 10 YEARS

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3.0 TABLE 2: KCPE EXAMINATION CANDIDATURE BY PROVINCE FOR YEARS

2008 & 2009
2008 2009
Total No. Male Female Total No. Male Female
Province Code
Cand. Cand. Cand. AB Cand. Cand. Cand. AB
and Name
(%) (%) (%) (% Tot) (%) (%) (%) (% Tot)
3.1 1:Coast 48,409 27,954 20,455 293 53,005 30,037 22,968 295
(6.96) (57.75) (42.25) (0.61) (7.29) (56.67) (43.33) (0.56)
3.2 2:Central 101,874 50,762 51,112 910 101,881 50,693 51,188 856
(14.64) (49.83) (50.17) (0.89) (14.01) (49.76) (50.24) (0.84)
3.3 3:Eastern 126,556 63,498 63,058 979 128,270 64,206 64,064 1,000
(18.19) (50.17) (49.83) (0.77) (17.64) (50.06) (49.94) (0.78)
3.4 4:Nairobi 35,010 17,362 17,648 535 38,104 19,221 18,883 558
(5.03) (49.59) (50.41) (1.53) (5.24) (50.44) (49.56) (1.46)
3.5 5:R/Valley 175,069 92,946 82,123 1,747 186,157 97,852 88,305 1,577
(25.16) (53.09) (46.91) (1.00) (25.60) (52.56) (47.44) (0.85)
3.6 6:Western 85,749 44,126 41,623 692 91,629 46,733 44,896 767
(12.32) (51.46) (48.54) (0.81) (12.60) (51.00) (48.99) (0.84)
3.7 7:Nyanza 113,326 63,153 50,173 1,297 116,923 64,657 52,266 1,229
(16.29) (55.73) (44.27) (1.14) (16.08) (55.30) (44.70) (1.05)
3.8 8:North Eastern 9,368 6,986 2,382 167 10,398 7,666 2,732 214
(1.35) (74.57) (25.43) (1.78) (1.43) (73.73) (26.27) (2.06)
3.9 9:Southern Sudan 416 338 78 1 687 535 152 10
(0.06) (81.25) (18.75) (0.24) (0.09) (77.87) (22.13) (1.46)
3.10 TOTAL 695,777 367,125 328,652 6,621 727,054 381,600 345,454 6,506
(100) (52.76) (47.24) (0.95) (100) (52.49) (47.51) (0.89)

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4.0 LINE GRAPH 2: YEAR 2009 KCPE EXAMINATION CANDIDATURE BY

PROVINCE

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5.0 TABLE 3: 2009, 2008 AND 2007 KCPE EXAMINATION OVERALL CANDIDATES
PERFORMANCE PER SUBJECT AND BY GENDER

  MEAN PERFORMANCE (%) 
 
2009  2008  2007 
SUBJECT 
All  Female  Male  All  Female  Male  All  Female  Male 
       
5.1  English  45.76  45.86  45.66  41.58  41.40  41.72  47.02  46.72  47.28 
Objective 
5.2  English  40.48  41.85  39.23  40.48  42.15  38.98  39.68  41.11  38.40 
Composition 
5.3  Kiswahili  57.28  57.62  56.96  56.60  56.56  56.66  51.02  50.07  51.30 
Objective 
5.4  Kiswahili  53.68  56.00  51.58  46.00  47.75  44.45  42.45  44.33  40.78 
Composition 
5.5  Mathematics  49.56  46.88  51.98  47.16  44.44  49.58  49.24  46.0  52.14 
 
5.6  Science   59.92  56.70  62.82  55.24  52.16  58.00  59.44  55.52  62.92 
 
5.7  Social Studies  62.42  58.87  65.62  61.35  58.48  63.92  60.13  56.58  63.28 
 
5.8  Religious  61.60  60.10  62.51  60.41  58.90  61.56  58.83  58.43  59.17 
Education 

There was improved performance in all the subjects/papers in the year

2009 KCPE examination except in English Composition.

6.0 TABLE 4: 2009 KCPE CANDIDATURE UNDER SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

No of Cands No of Cands Candidates with Special Needs Total
Province who took who took Blind Low Vision Physically Mentally Hearing
Code and Exam in Exam in Challenged Challenged Impaired
jcName Prison Hospital
2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008
6.1 1:Coast 00 54 02 01 04 06 29 20 11 24 07 04 41 51 94 160
6.2 2:Central 07 26 00 05 15 15 52 33 56 42 11 23 66 67 207 211
6.3 3:Eastern 00 28 06 05 13 16 68 35 34 46 08 17 75 30 204 177
6.4 4:Nairobi 00 65 02 03 03 00 13 07 08 06 04 09 06 08 36 98
6.5 5:R/Valley 01 70 03 06 12 19 110 69 37 80 09 39 74 67 246 350
6.6 6:Western 17 15 03 02 00 00 50 36 21 37 30 24 54 55 175 169
6.7 7:Nyanza 00 29 06 03 31 20 109 93 47 47 17 25 145 64 355 281
6.8 8:North 01 00 05 00 06 01 36 19 07 18 02 00 17 11 74 49
Eastern
Totals 26 287 27 25 84 77 467 312 221 300 88 141 478 353 1,391 1,495

Release of the year 2009 KCPE Examination Results by the Hon. Prof. Sam Ongeri, E.G.H., M.P., Minister for Education on
Tuesday 29th December 2009