Ministry Releases 2025 KJSEA Results as First CBC Cohort Moves to Senior School

By : Mweru Mbugua 

The Ministry of Education has released the results for the 2025 Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA), marking a historic transition for the first Competency-Based Education (CBE) cohort moving from Junior School to Senior School

Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Migos Ogamba, while announcing the results on Thursday, confirmed that all 1,130,459 candidates who sat the national assessment will proceed to one of the three Senior School pathways: STEM, Social Sciences, or Arts & Sports Science

According to the Ministry, learners’ performance has been classified into four categories Exceeding Expectation, Meeting Expectation, Approaching Expectation, and Below Expectation with scores released on an 8-point scale

Ogamba noted that the new bands help distinguish top performers from general proficiency levels

Strong Performance in Majority of Subjects

Out of the 12 subjects examined, seven recorded high performance levels, with most learners scoring at Meeting and Exceeding Expectations

These included:

• Hindu Religious Education (84.62%)

• Integrated Science (61.77%)

• Social Studies (58.56%)

• Creative Arts & Sports (58.04%)

• Kiswahili (57.98%)

• Christian Religious Education (53.96%)

• Agriculture (52.26%)

The Ministry reported that 75% of all learners achieved at least the Approaching Expectation level across the board

Creative Arts & Sports emerged as the best-performing subject, with 96.84% of candidates scoring at Approaching Expectation 2 and above. Agriculture (96.24%), Kiswahili (93.11%), and Social Studies (92.93%) also posted strong results

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Female Learners Outshine Male Counterparts

Girls outperformed boys in 10 out of 12 subjects, with the biggest gender gaps recorded in Kiswahili, CRE, English, and Social Studies.

• Kiswahili: 64.86% (girls) vs 51.41% (boys)

• CRE: 59.77% vs 48.39%

• English: 52.86% vs 48.45%

• Social Studies: 62.98% vs 54.35%

However, Mathematics and Kenyan Sign Language remained areas of concern, with only 32.44% and 22.14% of learners respectively meeting or exceeding expectations

Pathway Placement and Reporting Dates

Analysis of learners’ competencies showed that:

• 59.09% qualify for STEM pathways

• 46.52% for Social Sciences

• 48.73% for Arts & Sports Science

CS Ogamba stated that placement into Senior Schools will start next week and is expected to conclude by December 20, 2025. Grade 10 learners are required to report to their respective schools on January 12, 2025

The release of the KJSEA results marks a significant milestone in Kenya’s education reforms as the first CBC cohort prepares to step into the Senior School phase