- On Thursday, December 11, Education Minister Julius Migos Ogamba released the results of the 2025 Kenya Secondary Education Assessment (KJSEA)
- The Minister of Education said that among the 1,130,459 students who took the KJSEA exam in 2025, 578,630 were men, and 551,829 were women
- Minister Ogamba said that 75% of the students did well in all the subjects they were tested on
Nairobi – Minister of Education Julius Migos Ogamba has led the delivery of the results of the Kenya Secondary Education Assessment 2025 (KJSEA).
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On Thursday, December 11, Ogamba revealed the results of 1,130,459 students who took the 2025 KJSEA examination.
How many students took the 2025 KJSEA exam?
He revealed that out of the 1,130,459 students who took the 2025 KJSEA examination, 578,630 were male, and 551,829 were female, representing 51.19% and 48.81% of the total students, respectively.
“Of the 1.13 million candidates, 51 percent were men and 49 percent were women, which highlights the gender distribution that is close to equality,” minister Ogamba said.
Unlike traditional tests, results are provided without ranking, placing students into four performance bands: Exceeding Expectations, Meeting Expectations, Nearing Expectations, and Below Expectations.
In terms of performance, CS said 75% of students performed in meeting expectations in all subjects tested.
How did female students perform in the 2025 KJSEA exams?
“How did 75% of the 1.13 million students do in Approaching Expectations and more in all subjects, ensuring the development of high school pathways,” Minister Ogamba has vowed a 100% transition.
The Minister of Education announced that female students performed better than male students in the 2025 KJSEA examinations, with female students meeting and exceeding expectations in 10 out of 12 subjects.
“The first results of the Kenya High School Education Assessment (KJSEA) confirm a remarkable trend: female students performed better than their male counterparts in 10 out of 12 subjects assessed! This performance underscores the success of national efforts to promote #gender equality and academic excellence in education. The largest gender gap was observed in Kiswahili at 64.86% against 51.4%, followed by CRE at 59.77% against of 48.39%,” he said. Ogamba said the gap in English was 52.82% against 48.45% and Social Studies at 62.89% against 54.35%.
“However, the cause for concern is Mathematics and Kenyan Sign Language, which recorded 32.44% and 22.14% achievement, respectively,” the Education Minister said.
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When will KJSEA high school candidates be sent to their schools?
At the same time, the Secretary General of Basic Education Julius Bitok announced that the placement of candidates in high schools will begin immediately after the results of the national exams are released.
He emphasized that the entire exercise will be done digitally to ensure efficiency, transparency, and speed.
Bitok noted that all 1,130,459 students are expected to know their high school allocation by next week.
Bitok said that students will be placed in various fields, including science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), social sciences, arts and sports. Junior high schools are expected to open on January 12, 2026.
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