Schools, stakeholders and the public can now access detailed analyses of the 2025 Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA) and Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations following the release of feedback reports by the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC).
The reports provide subject performance trends and a breakdown of candidate performance across various subjects, giving schools and teachers an opportunity to identify areas of strength and those requiring improvement.
They also provide educational stakeholders with official statistics, question papers and marking schemes for institutional evaluation and future instructional planning.
The KJSEA report further explains how formative and summative scores were integrated.
KNEC has invited institutions, teachers and other stakeholders interested in the feedback reports to visit its bookshop at New Mitihani House in South C, Nairobi.
Orders can also be placed by emailing bookshop@knec.ac.ke or contacting KNEC headquarters.
The KJSEA feedback report has been published in three volumes. Volume 1 covers Languages, while Volume 2 covers Mathematics, Science, Agriculture and Pre-Technical Studies.
Volume 3 focuses on Humanities, Creative Arts and Sports. Question papers and marking schemes for each learning area are also available separately at a cost.
A total of 1,130,459 candidates sat the 2025 KJSEA, comprising 578,630 male and 551,829 female candidates.
Learners were evaluated on an eight-point scale and placed in four performance bands: Exceeding Expectations, Meeting Expectations, Approaching Expectations and Below Expectations.
The assessment combined summative examinations with school-based assessments.
Overall, 75 per cent of learners met or exceeded the Approaching Expectations threshold across the assessed learning areas.
Female candidates outperformed males in 10 of the 12 assessed disciplines, with notable margins in Kiswahili and Christian Religious Education (CRE).
The learning areas that recorded the highest proportions of learners meeting or exceeding expectations were Hindu Religious Education (84.62 per cent), Integrated Science (61.77 per cent) and Social Studies (58.56 per cent).
Mathematics and Kenyan Sign Language recorded the lowest proportions of learners meeting expectations, at 32.44 per cent and 22.14 per cent, respectively.
Based on the competency results of the Grade 9 national assessment, the STEM pathway recorded a 59.09 per cent learner eligibility potential, followed by Arts and Sports at 48.73 per cent and Social Sciences at 46.52 per cent.
Meanwhile, a record 993,226 candidates sat the 2025 KCSE examinations, with 1,932 candidates scoring straight As.
Female candidates accounted for 50.46 per cent (501,214) of the total candidature, while males represented 49.54 per cent (492,012).
Out of the total candidature, 270,715 candidates (27.18 per cent) attained the minimum university entry grade of C+ or higher.
Overall, 507,131 candidates (50.92 per cent) achieved grade C- or better, marking the first time in a decade that more than half of the cohort reached this threshold.
Another 634,082 candidates (63.67 per cent) secured a pass grade of D+ and above.
Performance improved in 17 subjects and declined in 11 compared with 2024.
Male candidates outperformed females in 11 subjects, including Mathematics, Biology and Chemistry, while female candidates led in six subjects, including English and Kiswahili.
The results of 1,180 candidates were cancelled due to examination irregularities.
The KCSE feedback reports are available in four volumes. Volume 1 covers Languages, Volume 2 Mathematics and Sciences, Volume 3 Humanities, while Volume 4 covers Technical subjects.
Question papers and marking schemes are also available separately for each subject at a cost.
