Government to release KPSEA and KJSEA results in December, KCSE results in January next year
noted that the government had made adequate preparations to ensure all national examinations run smoothly and are released on schedule.
Results for the 2025 Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) and Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA) will be released in December, Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba has announced.
Speaking to the media on Wednesday, October 29, the CS added that candidates sitting the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) should expect their results in January 2026.
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He noted that the government had made adequate preparations to ensure all national examinations run smoothly and are released on schedule.
“The new system represents a fundamental shift from the old Kenya Certificate of Primary Education model, emphasising skills, creativity and continuous learning rather than one-off, high-stakes testing,” Ogamba said.
The 2025 KCSE examinations began on October 21, starting with oral papers in French, German, Arabic and Kenyan Sign Language. Practical exams commenced on October 29 and will continue until October 31.
KNEC Chief Executive Officer David Njengere revealed that 996,078 students are sitting for the KCSE exams this year, while more than 2.4 million learners are taking part in the KPSEA and KJSEA assessments that began on Monday, October 27.
Of these, 1,130,669 learners are in Grade 9 sitting the KJSEA, while 1,298,089 Grade 6 pupils are taking the KPSEA. In total, KNEC is administering examinations and assessments to 3,424,836 candidates nationwide.
Learners in Grade 6 are completing their primary school cycle, while those in Grade 9 are transitioning from junior to senior school in January 2026, marking a major milestone in Kenya’s Competency-Based Education (CBE) system.
The KPSEA exams are running from October 27 to 29, while the KJSEA exams will conclude on November 3, 2025.
Ogamba, who also appeared before the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Education, confirmed that the ministry was addressing a funding shortfall of Sh3.7 billion to manage the exams and clear pending bills.
“As to why the payment to examiners is delayed is because of the exchequer release. We are trying to see that once the budgets are made for issues like exams, the budget is not slashed,” Ogamba said.
“We will make sure that the money is available, the payments are done, and the examinations are done seamlessly.”
Despite the shortfalls, he assured that the government is fully funding all ongoing national examinations, including KCSE, KPSEA and KJSEA, warning school heads against demanding any payments from parents.
“No instruction has been given to any principal and heads of institutions to ask for money from the parents for examinations. That’s the responsibility of the government,” he said.
Njengere had raised concerns that the current grant-based system of funding examinations was unsustainable.
“Funding for exams should not be based on grants but on capitation. Even the Sh5.9 billion we got is not capitation. It should be based on the number of candidates and centres, but under the grant system, it is just a fixed figure,” he said.
During the session, legislators raised concerns over poor facilitation for field officers and teachers supervising the examinations. Tinderet MP Julius Melly questioned whether the allocated funds were adequate, as teachers have complained about receiving only Sh5,160 per day despite the challenges and risks involved.
Ogamba disclosed that the ministry was developing a policy framework to enable the use of drones and helicopters in the future delivery of exam papers, particularly to flood-prone regions.
“We have floods in some parts of the country where we are administering exams. As a ministry, we have put measures in place because it is something that happens every year. This morning, we received reports of areas where vehicles were not able to pass through some bridges after they flooded,” he said.
To address logistical disruptions, he noted that the ministry has deployed helicopters and set up a command centre at KNEC to coordinate emergency responses. Four-wheel drive vehicles have also been placed on standby.
Ogamba reiterated that the Competency-Based Education (CBE) transition remains on course, with students set to join senior schools under three pathways: Arts and Sports Science, Social Sciences, and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).
Schools have been categorised into four clusters: Cluster 1 (formerly national schools), Cluster 2 (extra county schools), Cluster 3 (county schools) and Cluster 4 (day schools).
Under the KJSEA, learners will not be issued certificates but will instead receive result slips showing their performance in each subject.
The KJSEA will account for 60 per cent of a learner’s final grade, while 40 per cent will come from classroom assessments done in Grades 7 and 8, a model aimed at capturing a holistic view of each learner’s skills and strengths.
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