When KCSE 2023 Results Will Be Released- CS Machogu
He noted that the compilation, verification and validation of scores ongoing.
Marvin Chege 
Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu has revealed when the results of the 2023 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) will be released.
According to the CS, the results will be released in the second week of January 2024.
He noted that the compilation, verification and validation of scores are ongoing.
Machogu further stated that 903,260 students who sat for their final secondary school education test in November 2023 will know their fate in mid-January as 1.4 million 2023 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination candidates will be joining secondary schools.
Students during a past KCSE exam. /FILE
According to the 2024 education calendar, the Form One students will report to their new institutions on January 15, 2024.
“We are done with the marking. What we are currently doing is compiling the marks, verification and validation.
"You know it’s quite a process. So that by the end of the day, we release credible results,” said CS Machogu during an interview.
The over 900,000 candidates will be subjected to a new grading system which will also affect future KCSE candidates, changes Machogu disclosed in September this year that are aimed at increasing the number of students who qualify for the tertiary education level.
In the new grading system, only two mandatory subjects, Mathematics and one language (English, Kiswahili, or Kenyan Sign Language), will be used to compute the mean grade.
“Previously there were five mandatory subjects across three cluster groups - Mathematics, English, Kiswahili, two sciences and one humanity,” said Machogu during a stakeholders' engagement on the new grading system at the New Mtihani House.
Additionally, examiners will be required to pick five of the best-performed subjects from a candidate, doing away with the previous grading system.
"In addition to the two mandatory subjects – the Kenya National Examinations Council will consider any other five best-performed subjects. It is expected that the new reform measure will increase the number of students qualifying for universities, Diploma and TVET training at Certificate and Artisan levels," said the Education CS.
The previous system was perceived to disadvantage some learners whose best-performing subject was not considered if not within the clusters, as has been the case since the inception of the 8-4-4 education system.
On December 7, 2023, while appearing before the National Assembly Education Committee, Machogu teased plans by his Ministry to abandon the use of Short Messaging Service (SMS) to access the KCSE results.
He was responding to errors which were widely called out by among others, Azimio la Umoja leader, Raila Odinga, culminating from system hitches in the recently-released KCPE results.
