KCSE 2025 Results: Girls excel in languages as boys dominate sciences
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CS Ogamba said the outcome reflects long-standing subject trends, even as gender gaps continue to narrow in several areas.
Girls outperformed boys in language and humanities subjects, while boys posted stronger results in sciences and technical subjects in the 2025 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations, Education Cabinet Secretary Mr Julius Ogamba has said.
Speaking during the official release of the results in Moiben Constituency, Uasin Gishu County, Mr Ogamba said the outcome reflects long-standing subject trends, even as gender gaps continue to narrow in several areas.
“Female candidates recorded better performance than their male counterparts in English, Kiswahili, Kenya Sign Language, Home Science, Christian Religious Education and Arts and Design,” Mr Ogamba said.
Boys, however, outperformed girls in Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, History and Government, Geography, Islamic Religious Education, Building Construction and Business Studies.
“Male candidates demonstrated stronger outcomes in most science and technical subjects, which remains consistent with previous examination cycles,” the CS said.
Mr Ogamba noted that performance between boys and girls was largely comparable in Physics, Agriculture, Computer Studies, French, German, Arabic and Music, pointing to improving balance across traditionally gender-skewed subjects.
“We are encouraged by the growing competitiveness across genders, particularly in subjects that were previously dominated by one group,” he said.
However, the Ministry noted that female candidature remained minimal in several technical and vocational subjects, making meaningful performance comparison difficult.
“The number of female candidates registered in subjects such as Metalwork, Power Mechanics, Electricity, Drawing and Design, and Aviation Technology was too low to allow for reliable gender-based analysis,” Mr Ogamba said.
He added that the Ministry is working with schools and county education offices to encourage more girls to enrol in technical and engineering-related subjects, in line with national gender equity and skills development goals.
