Ministry of Education to Release KJSEA School Placement Results on Friday

Grade 9 learners who sat for the 2025 Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA) will now be able to know their respective senior schools in the next two days, the Ministry of Education has said.

Education Principal Secretary Julius Bitok, on Wednesday, December 17,announced that Grade 10 placements would be released by Friday, December 19, 2025.

According to Bitok, thelearners will be able to know the schools they have been placedin by using Short Message Service (SMS) to send their assessment numbers to 22263.

The PS made the statement while addressing delegates at the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) National Delegates Conference at the Kasarani Gymnasium in Nairobi.

In his speech, he also acknowledged the role teachers play in delivering education reforms, particularly the implementation of Competency-Based Education (CBE).

He also commended the teachers for the successful administration of KJSEA, further calling for sustained collaboration as the country prepares for the historic transition of the learners.

"I assure KNUT that the Ministry is fully seized of matters affecting Junior Secondary School, including domiciling and teacher contracts, and that ongoing consultations are guided by the best interests of learners, teachers and the education system," Bitok said.

Meanwhile, Bitok's statement comes a week after Education Cabinet Secretary JuliusOgamba announced the commencement of the placement of studentsto their respective institutions based on their preferred pathways.

Under CBC, learners have been categorised under four career pathways, including STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), Social Sciences and Arts, and Sports Sciences.

Speaking during the release of the KJSEA exams on December 11, Ogamba noted that of the 1,130,459 candidates who sat for the examinations, 59.09 per cent demonstrated the potential to pursue the STEM pathways at senior school.

He further stated that 46.25 per cent had demonstrated the capacity to pursue the Social Sciences, while 48.73 per cent had shown the capability to pursue the Arts and Sports Sciences pathway.

Ogamba added that the learners would be placed in their senior schools based on their performances and their selected pathways in line with the Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms.