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KNEC has cautioned schools against misleading members of the public with inaccurate performance analyses of the KJSEA results.

The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has cautioned schools against misleading members of the public with inaccurate performance analyses of the Kenya Junior Secondary Education Assessment (KJSEA) results.

In a statement on Monday, December 15, KNEC noted that the Competency-Based Education (CBE) does not provide aggregate scores, unlike the former 8-4-4 curriculum.

“We urge schools to stop misleading the public with fake and inaccurate KJSEA results analysis.

“Unlike the former system, KJSEA does not provide an aggregate score. Why? Because CBC is about nurturing individual potential, not ranking learners,” read the statement in part.

The council explained that under CBE, each subject is assessed independently, and learners’ achievements are reported using performance levels, not totals.

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KNEC said the approach ensures a learner’s excellence in one subject is not overshadowed by weaker performance in another.

“This approach ensures that a child’s excellence in one subject is not overshadowed by weaker performance in another. There is, therefore, no school mean score as is depicted in the attached fake analysis,” the council added.

The Ministry of Education officially released the KJSEA results on Thursday, December 11.

The KJSEA results can be accessed through both online and SMS platforms.

To check the results online, users are required to visit the Ministry’s selection portal at https://selection.education.go.ke/my-selections, where they can enter the learner’s assessment number in the designated field.

Once submitted, the platform displays the full results, including subject scores and placement details.

For those without internet access, the ministry provided an SMS option for school selection details.

To check a KJSEA learner’s selected schools, send their assessment number to 22263. The SMS costs Ksh30.

A total of 1,130,587 candidates sat for the 2025 KJSEA exams. The students were spread out in 24,366 junior schools across the country.

The Ministry of Education also introduced a new grading system where each subject is graded out of a maximum of eight points.

Unlike the traditional system, where students were ranked from grades A to E, the new system presents results using four performance levels: Exceeding Expectations (EE), Meeting Expectations (ME), Approaching Expectations (AE), and Below Expectations (BE).