In pictures: Parents, teachers and students celebrate 2022 KCSE results

Amy Jemutai Sirma celebrates with her parents Engineer Josphat Sirma (right), Rhoda Sirma (left) and other relatives at their home in Nkoroi, Kajiado County, on January 20, 2023. Amy, a student of Alliance Girls High School, scored an A of 84 points in the 2022 KCSE exam.

Isaac Mugambi (centre) of Langa Langa Secondary School in Nakuru City celebrates with teachers at the school on January 20, 2023. He scored grade A of 84 points in the 2022 KCSE exam.

Relatives carry Orowe Conrad Orowe shoulder high on January 20, 2023 after he scored an A plain with 83 points in the 2022 KCSE exam. Conrad was a student at St Mary's Yala High School in Siaya County.

Mitchell Wangari Ng'ang'a, a former student of Pangani Girls High School, looks at her results with her mother Millicent Njine in Murang'a town on January 20, 2023. Mitchell scored an A minus in the 2022 KCSE exam..

Song and dance at Anestar School in Nakuru County on January 20, 2023 as teachers and parents celebrate Emmanuel Okwako who scored an A of 80 points in the 2022 KCSE exam.

Wesley Nyamache's family members carry him shoulder high at their home in Gesabakwa village in Kisii on January 20, 2023 after he scored an A of 84 points in the 2022 KCSE exam. Nyamache is a former student of Kanga High School.

Parents, teachers and students of Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Secondary School in Mombasa on January 20, 2023 celebrate top girl Ummu Kulthum Ahmed who scored an A (83 points) in the 2022 KCSE exam.

Residents in Makutano, Kapenguria town, carry Mirron Wayne Poghon to celebrate his results on January 20, 2023. Mirron, a former student at St Anthony Boys High School in Kitale, scored an A in the 2022 KCSE exam.

Stephen Mwangi Mundia of Kagumo High School chats with his mother Susan Muthoni at their home at Ruirie village in Nyeri County on January 20, 2023 shortly after finding out he had scored an A (81 points) in the 2022 KCSE exam.

Stephen Mwangi Mundia of Kagumo High School in jubilation on January 20, 2023 at Ruirie village in Nyeri County after scoring A (81 points) in the 2022 KCSE exam. 

Michelle Cheporiot Maiywa (centre), from St Brigid's Girl's High School in Kiminini, Trans Nzoia County, on January 20, 2023 celebrates with her mother Beatrice Chelimo Komolkat (left), relatives and neighbours at their home in Maili-Nne, Uasin Gishu County, after she scored grade A of 82 points.

Staff at Mobamba High School in Kisii celebrate the school's performance on January 20, 2023. The school has a mean score of 9.2 in the November 2022 KCSE exam, an improvement from a mean score of 5.1 in the previous KCSE exam.

Qubaa Muslim School top student Abbas Ahmed Mohamed celebrates with teachers and students on January 20, 2023 after scoring A- in the 2022 KCSE exam.

Staff at Butere Girls' High school in Kakamega on January 20, 2023 celebrate the school's performance in the 2022 KCSE exam.

Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Secondary School Deputy Principal Girls section Ms Fatuma Ismail on January 20, 2023 celebrates top girl Ummu Kulthum Ahmed, who scored an A of 83 points in the 2022 KCSE exam.

Staff at Cardinal Otunga Mosocho High School in Kisii on January 20, 2023 celebrate the school's improved performance in KCSE exams.