Newspapers on Saturday, January 10, extensively reported the results of candidates who took the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination for the year 2025.
Source: UGC
Newspapers highlighted the best schools and candidates who excelled in the national exam.
1. Saturday Nation
The newspaper featured a school that may have topped the national exam.
Moi High School, Kabarak, emerged as the frontrunner in the 2025 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) results, scoring an average of 10.6.
Alliance High School followed closely behind with a score of 10.4707.
The ratings, compiled by the newspaper from verified school results, came at a time when the Ministry of Education no longer releases official rankings of schools or individual candidates.
Nova Pioneer Tatu Boys’ High School joined the group of academic graduates after being tied with Maranda High School with an average score of 10.2.
Murang’a High School (10.1653) and Alliance Girls’ High School (10.0965) rounded out the institutions, surpassing them by 10 points.
Other schools ranked in the top 10 include Meru School with 9.97, Kapsabet Boys High School and Kagumo School, both with 9.9, and Kiage Tumaini Boys High School, which closed the list with 9.851.
Within the Nairobi City Area, Alliance High School remained a strong force.
Its average score increased to 10.47, from 10.28 in 2024.
Out of 461 candidates, 128 got A grade, while 141 got A-, showing quality and consistency.
The school recorded a further 92 B+, 48 B, and 32 B grades, with only a handful of students dropping below C-, cementing its position at the top of Kenya’s high school performance.
Alliance Girls’ High School also made significant progress, improving its average score to 10.065 from 10.038 the previous year.
The institute gave 58 standard grades of A, 179 A-, 149 B+, 87 B, 43 B-, and 13 C+, emphasizing its good academic results.
2. The Saturday Standard
The newspaper reported how Moi-Kabarak High School maintained its strong academic tradition by maintaining a top position in the 2025 KCSE results.
Education Minister Julius Ogamba, when he was giving the results in town Eldoret On Friday, January 9, he highlighted the best performance of the institution, noting its provision of some of the best candidates in the country.
Alliance High School followed in second place with an average score of 10.4, despite recording the highest number of A grades. Maranda High School, Alliance Girls’ High School, and Kapsabet High School secured the third, fourth, and fifth positions respectively.
All five schools scored an average score above 10.
Other institutions ranked among the top ten include Starehe Boys Centre, Meru School, Maseno School, Mary Hill Girls, and Mang’u High School.
In the Rift Valley area, several schools also emerged, among them Kapsabet Boys, St. Patrick’s Iten, Moi Girls-Eldoret, Anestar Boys, Nakuru Boys, St. Anthony Boys, Kipsigis Girls, Kisima Mixed, and Sacho High School.
Kabarak got an average score of 10.599.
The analysis of candidates’ performance included 82 straight As, 150 A-, 119 B+, 43 B plain, nine B-, two C+, and one C-.
Standard ranked the top 20 students nationally;
- Jesse Peter – Moi High School – Kabarak
- Lubang Alfred – Moi High School – Kabarak
- Ethan Muchene – Moi High School – Kabarak
- Antonine Akinyi – Moi High School – Kabarak
- Seanice Nelima – Moi High School – Kabarak
- Gavin Kipkirul – Moi High School – Kabarak
- Wambua Cosler – Moi High School – Kabarak
- Melvin Mugambi – Alliance High School
- Nuel Jal Wiew – Anestar Boys High School
- Njoroge Vincent – Anestar Boys High School-Lanet
- Karuri Dennis Kairu – Anestar Boys High School-Lanet
- Wabomba Willis – Anestar Boys High School-Lanet
- Mosry Omar Musa – Anestar Boys High School-Lanet
- Wambomba Willis – Anestar Boys High School-Lanet
- Karuri Denis Kairu – Anestar Boys High School-Lanet
- Kelvin Kipngetich – Anestar Boys High School-Lanet
- Nuel Jal Wiew – Anestar Boys High School-Lanet
- Charles Wainaina – Baricho Boys High School
- Jeremiah Maku – Baricho Boys High School
- Kamonjo Samuel – Baricho Boys High School
3. Weekend Star
The newspaper reported on the increase in the number of candidates who scored an average grade of A in the 2025 KCSE examination.
This increase indicates a positive trend despite the challenges facing the education sector in the country, according to the Ministry of Education.
According to the official results, a total of 1,932 candidates got an ‘A’ grade in 2025, equal to 0.19% of the total of 993,226 candidates who took the exam.
This is an increase compared to the year 2024, where only 1,693 candidates, equivalent to 0.18% of 962,000, achieved the highest score.
The Ministry noted that changes in the system, strict monitoring of exams and better school environment are among the reasons for the increase in A.
National schools continued to dominate in producing A grade students.
At the same time, the number of students who got marks for direct entry to universities has also increased.
A total of 270,715 candidates scored C+ and above.
4. Nation Today
The newspaper reported on candidates whose results were canceled by the Ministry of Education.
The ministry canceled the results of 1,180 candidates for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) 2025 after it was discovered that they were involved in exam cheating.
The Minister of Education, Julius Ogamba, said that the action was taken following the completion of the investigation into cases of examination violations reported during last year’s examination.
Ogamba stressed that the government will not tolerate any actions that undermine the integrity of national examinations.
“I would like to reiterate our position regarding the integrity of the exams. In November last year, we said that there were reported cases that were being investigated, and that action would be taken after the investigation was completed,” he said.
He added that after the exam was completed, it was found that 1,180 candidates were directly or indirectly involved in exam malpractices.
“Therefore, in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations, their examination results have been cancelled,” Ogamba added.
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