Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba released the results of the 2025 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations on January 9. The event took place at AIC Chebisas High School in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County.
President William Ruto announced that he had met the CS and other education stakeholders.
We are impressed that out of the 993,000 candidates, 50 per cent of whom were girls, 270,000 attained C+ and above, securing a direct entry to university.
The 2025 KCSE examinations were conducted between October 21 and November 21, 2025, with oral and practical assessments preceding the written theory papers.
Ogamba confirmed a total of 996,226 candidates were registered for the 2025 KCSE examinations, which formed part of a broader national assessment cycle involving more than 3.4 million learners across KCSE, the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA), and the inaugural Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA).
According to the CS, out of these candidates, 492,012 were male compared to 501,214 females.
“This is the second year in a row since the inception of KCSE that the number of female candidates is higher than male,” Ogamba noted.
He added, “There were 1,932 (0.19%) candidates who obtained an overall mean grade A (plain) in the year 2025 KCSE examination. This is an improvement as compared to 1,693 (0.18%) candidates in 2024.”
Ogamba stated that over half a million candidates scored above C-.
At the same time, students from national schools had the highest number of As, with 1,526, compared to 197 for Extra County schools and 185 for private schools.
The Ministry of Education also cancelled the results of more than 1,00 students over cheating.
“At the conclusion of the KCSE examination, 1,180 candidates were found to have been involved in examination irregularities. Consequently, and in line with the applicable law and regulations, their examination results have been cancelled,” said the CS.
He said the marking exercise was completed on December 13, 2025, involving 32,558 examiners deployed across 40 marking centres nationwide.
According to CS Ogamba, candidates can now instantly access their provisional results online by entering their KCSE index number and selecting the 2025 examination year on the official results portal.
KCSE Grading Structure
According to KNEC, each subject is assigned a unique Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) code used for identification, registration, and assessment.
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Under the proposed grading structure, candidates will be assessed using a combination of compulsory and elective subjects.
Two Compulsory Subjects
- Subject 1: English/Kiswahili or Sign Language
- Subject 2: Mathematics or Sign Language
Other Subjects
- Subject 3: Any 5 best-performed subjects
The final mean grade will be computed by combining the scores from the first compulsory subject, the second compulsory subject, and the five best-performing subjects to form the overall result. (Mean Grade: Subject 1 + Subject 2 + Subject 3)
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Ruto Hosts CS Ogamba Ahead of KCSE 2025 Release
This official release of the 2025 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education results comes after a consultative presidential meeting held on Wednesday, January 7, 2026, evening at the State House, Nairobi, with Education Ministry stakeholders led by Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Migos Ogamba.
The briefing is a standard procedure before the public announcement of national examination results and signals that the 2025 results are likely to be released on Thursday, January 8.
Traditionally, the President must be formally briefed by the Ministry of Education and the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) before the results are officially made public.
President Ruto hosted the meeting a day after KNEC activated its official online results-checking portal ahead of the release of the 2025 KCSE results.
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