Learners who sat for the 2025 Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) and Kenya Intermediate Level Education Assessment (KILEA) will be able to access their performance reports from their schools starting Monday, January 12, 2026.
The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) Chief Executive Officer, Dr David Njengere, made the announcement on Friday, January 9, 2026, during the release of the 2025 KCSE examination results.
Dr Njengere said KNEC will issue a circular with detailed guidelines on how schools and parents can access the reports.
“Schools that presented learners for KPSEA and KILEA in 2025 are informed that the performance reports are ready and will be accessible from Monday, January 12, 2026,” he said.
At the same time, Dr Njengere outlined how learners in Senior School will be assessed under the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC).
He said KNEC will release another circular by January 15, 2026, to guide schools on the assessment of learners joining Grade 10 as they begin the final phase of basic education in Senior School.
According to Dr Njengere, KNEC has developed a Competency-Based Assessment Framework (CBAF) for Senior School. The framework, available on the KNEC website, explains the purpose of the assessments, the tools to be used and how results will be reported.
To support schools, KNEC has established 235 Senior School hubs across all 47 counties. Each county has five hubs selected from existing secondary schools, representing public, private, rural, urban and special schools. The hubs will help schools implement competency-based assessments and improve coordination with KNEC.
Dr Njengere also said KNEC, through the Educational Assessment Resource Centre (EARC), has launched a free online self-paced training portal for Senior School teachers. The portal is meant to equip teachers with the skills required for competency-based assessment, and teachers have been encouraged to take advantage of it.
From January 26, 2026, KNEC will open an online portal for heads of Senior Schools to confirm details of Grade 10 learners, including the learning pathways they have chosen, such as Arts and Sports Science.
KNEC will then begin the 2026 Grade 10 School-Based Assessments (SBAs), which will include projects, practical work and written tests. Learners in the Arts and Sports Science pathway will start their Fine Arts coursework in January 2026.
Other projects and practical assessments will be conducted between May and July 2026, while written tests will be administered in October 2026.
Dr Njengere said scores from Grades 10, 11 and 12 will be combined and used to issue learners with the Kenya Certificate of Basic Education (KCBE) at the end of Senior School.
He urged teachers, parents and learners to ensure that all School-Based Assessments are completed and uploaded on the KNEC system on time to avoid disadvantaging learners. The same applies to assessments at the Primary and Junior School levels.
KNEC also plans to pilot a Senior School summative assessment in 2027, when the current Grade 10 learners move to Grade 11.
Dr Njengere said the move to digital assessment is part of KNEC’s efforts to promote digital literacy and prepare learners for the modern economy.
Meanwhile, KNEC will open the registration portal for the 2026 KPSEA, KJSEA and KCSE examinations in February 2026. Dr Njengere said preparations for the next examination cycle are already underway.
He urged school heads to use January to identify eligible candidates and gather the required registration documents. He also announced that KNEC will introduce an SMS service to allow parents and guardians to confirm their learners’ registration status.
In a related development, President William Ruto announced that more than 270,000 candidates who sat for the 2025 KCSE examinations qualified for direct entry into universities after scoring a mean grade of C+ and above.
The President said 993,000 candidates sat the 2025 KCSE examinations, with girls making up 50 per cent of the total candidates.
“We are encouraged that out of the 993,000 candidates, half of whom were girls, 270,000 attained C+ and above, qualifying for direct university entry,” President Ruto said.
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