KJSEA 2025: Seven subjects record top performance

Seven out of the 12 subjects recorded high performance highly in the 2025 Kenya Junior Secondary Education Assessment (KJSEA), Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba has revealed.

Releasing the results on Thursday, Ogamba names the subjects as Hindu and Religious Education (84.62 per cent), Integrated Science (61.77 per cent), Social Studies (58.56 per cent), Creative Arts and Sports (58.04 per cent), Kiswahili (57.98), Christian Religious Education (53.96 per cent) and Agriculture (52.26 per cent).

The CS added that 75 per cent of learners performed at or above expectations and above across all subjects.

Creative Arts and Sports registered the strongest performance with 96. 84 per cent attaining approaching expectations and above, followed by agriculture (96.2 per cent), Kiswahili (93.11 per cent) and Social Studies (92.93 per cent).

Female learners outperformed male learners in the examinations.

They met and exceeded expectations in 10 out of the 12 subjects.

Learners completing Junior School were assessed in the following nine subject areas: English Language; Kiswahili Lugha / Kenyan Sign Language (KSL); Mathematics; Integrated Science; Agriculture and Nutrition; Social Studies; Christian Religious Education/Islamic Religious Education(IRE) /Hindu Religious Education (HRE); Creative Arts and Sports; and Pre-Technical Studies.

According to the Ministry of Education, after KJSEA results are released, senior school placement letters will be issued within one week.

The ministry said admission to senior schools begins on January 12, 2026.

Special arrangements have also been made to ensure top-performing learners and those with special needs are given priority in their preferred schools.

Ahead of the release of exam results, the ministry, in partnership with Safaricom, activated a secure service that allows parents and guardians to verify school selections quickly via SMS.

According to Safaricom, parents and guardians are expected to send the learner’s assessment number to 22263 at a cost of Sh30, and they will receive the placement results.

“To check a KJSEA learner’s selected schools, send their assessment number to 22263. The SMS costs Sh30,” Safaricom said in a text message. In addition to the SMS service, parents can also check school selections online by visiting the ministry’s dedicated portal at https://selection.education.go.ke/my-selections.

Parents will be required to enter the learner’s assessment number, after which they can view the schools chosen and the learning pathways selected.

The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has also activated a portal where parents can review the schools and academic pathways chosen by learners who have completed the KJSEA, ensuring transparency and ease of access to critical information.