The sleepy village in Gikambura, Kiambu county Thursday broke into celebrations following candidate Alvin Karanja’s sterling performance in 2024 KCSE results.
Education CS Julius Ogamba released the results for the 962,512 candidates, all of whom were cleared to join institutions of higher learning.
Karanja, 17, from Alliance High School, scored A plain of 83 points.
“I’m very excited because my hard work has paid off,” he said. Karanja attributed his success to a good and supportive administration.
“My class teacher was always with me just to ensure I performed well,” he said.
Karanja said his success did not come easy.
“What I did differently is how I studied. I was very meticulous in how I studied and what I read and even prayed that whatever it is I read for is set in the exams. I give all glory to God,” he said.
In English, Karanja said he scored A-, maths A, kiswahili A, Chemistry A, Physics A, geography A and music A.
When asked what he wanted to pursue, Karanja said he wants to become a lawyer.
He is however yet to settle on the university.
Terry Mwangi, Karanja’s mum could not hide her joy following the sterling performance by her second-born son.
“I’m happy with his performance. We were expecting good results from him because we have been seeing the hard work he put in his studies,” she said.
Mwangi said her son helped with daily chores.
“We also gave him enough time and peace to read. His dad, being a former student at Alliance Boys, has also been instrumental in his success.”
During the 2024 KCSE examination, a total of 962,512 candidates sat the examination compared to 899,453 candidates in 2022.
This represents an increase of 64,553 candidates ( 7.19 per cent); of the 962,512 candidates who sat for the exams, 480,310 were male, while 482,202 were female, representing 49.90 per cent and 50.10 per cent of the total candidature.
This is the first time since inception of KCSE that female candidates were more than male candidates.
Fourteen counties had a significant entry of more male than female candidates.
These were: Garissa (6 2:37 per
cent), Mandera ( 63:36 per cent),
Wajir ( 60: 39 per cent), Turkana (
59: 40 per cent), Samburu ( 53: 46
per cent), Narok ( 52: 47 per cent),
Homabay ( 52: 47 per cent), West
Pokot ( 53: 46 per cent),
Mombasa had a ratio of ( 51: 48
per cent), Migori ( 51: 48 per cent),
Embu ( 51: 48 per cent), Kisii ( 51: 48
per cent), Nyamira ( 51: 48 per cent)
and Baringo ( 51: 48 per cent).
