The 2025 Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA) was the first national assessment sat by the pioneer Competency-Based Education cohort at the end of Grade 9. This page summarises the official results data released by the Ministry of Education and KNEC, with every figure attributed. We do not rank schools or counties, because KNEC does not.
Who sat the 2025 KJSEA
When releasing the results in December 2025, the Education Cabinet Secretary said 1,130,459 candidates sat KJSEA: 578,630 male (51.19%) and 551,829 female (48.81%). KNEC’s “2025 KJSEA Assessment Essential Statistics” traces the same cohort back through earlier assessments: 1,282,150 learners sat the Grade 3 KEYA in 2019 and 1,253,577 sat the Grade 6 KPSEA in 2022. KNEC reports this as a transition rate of 97.77% at KPSEA and 88.17% at KJSEA relative to the 2019 Grade 3 cohort.
How results were reported
Results used the eight-level scale, from Exceeding Expectation 1 (8 points) down to Below Expectation 2 (1 point). KNEC’s circular on the release said candidates could access individual results at kjsea.knec.ac.ke, and that print-outs for schools would show each learner’s level per subject and overall performance in the three pathways. Results were released without rankings. Read more on the EE1–BE2 results codes.
Performance by subject
According to the Ministry’s statement as reported by Citizen Digital, seven of twelve subjects had a higher proportion of learners at Meeting or Exceeding Expectation. The share at Meeting Expectation or above was:
| Subject | Meeting expectation and above |
|---|---|
| Hindu Religious Education | 84.62% |
| Integrated Science | 61.77% |
| Social Studies | 58.56% |
| Creative Arts and Sports | 58.04% |
| Kiswahili | 57.98% |
| Christian Religious Education | 53.96% |
| Agriculture | 52.26% |
| Mathematics | 32.44% |
| Kenyan Sign Language | 22.14% |
KNEC’s essential statistics give English at 47.66% meeting expectation and above overall (52.89% of female and 42.67% of male candidates). Overall, the Ministry said 75% of learners reached at least Approaching Expectation across subjects, and that Approaching Expectation is enough to progress to pathways needing basic competence in a subject.
Gender
Female learners outperformed males at Meeting and Exceeding Expectation in 10 of the 12 subjects, the Ministry said. The widest gaps were in Kiswahili (64.86% female vs 51.41% male), CRE (59.77% vs 48.39%), Social Studies (62.98% vs 54.35%) and English (52.86% vs 48.45%), as reported by Citizen Digital.
Pathway potential
The Ministry reported that 59.09% of candidates showed potential for STEM, 46.52% for Social Sciences and 48.73% for Arts and Sports Science. A learner can show potential for more than one pathway, which is why the figures add up to more than 100%.
What this means for families
- Mathematics needs attention. With about a third reaching Meeting Expectation, steady practice pays off. Try the Grade 9 CBC Challenge and Grade 9 Maths revision topics.
- Placement uses more than KJSEA. KJSEA counts 60%, Grades 7–8 school-based assessment 20% and KPSEA 20%. See how the placement score works and try the placement predictor.
KPSEA results data
KPSEA results are issued to schools and learners rather than as public rankings. KNEC’s data centre (scmis.knec.ac.ke) lists KPSEA datasets from 2023 onwards. We will summarise official KPSEA and 2026 KJSEA figures here only when KNEC or the Ministry publishes them.
Sources
- KNEC, “2025 KJSEA Assessment Essential Statistics”
- KNEC circular KNEC/EA/EM/KJSEA/KPLEA/RSLT/2025/001 (11 December 2025)
- Citizen Digital, “2025 KJSEA results released: How learners performed”; Kenyans.co.ke, “KNEC releases 2025 KJSEA results”
- KNEC data centre, scmis.knec.ac.ke
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