The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has warned schools against misleading parents by issuing fake or inaccurate performance analyses of their schools in the just-released Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA) results.
According to the examination council, some schools have been releasing results analyses showing aggregate student and school performance, which the council has labelled as fake.
In a notice on Monday, November 15, the council noted that, unlike the former 8-4-4 system, the Competency-Based Education (CBE) system does not provide aggregate scores, which include mean grades or school rankings.
"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," the council stated.
The council noted that each subject in the new system is assessed independently, and learners' achievements are reported using performance levels, not totals.
According to the council, the new system was implemented to ensure that the strengths and potential of learners are utilised, not to rank them against one 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 stated.
"This approach ensures that a child’s excellence in one subject is not overshadowed by weaker performance in another," it added.
The Ministry of Education released the results of the 2025 KJSEA examination results on Thursday, December 11.
The exams, which were held between October 27 and November 3, were aimed at assessing the readiness of the pioneer cohort of the Competency-Based Education (CBE) who will transition into senior secondary school in January 2026.
According to Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba, of the 1,130,459 learners who sat the 2025 KJSEA, 578,630 were male, while 551,829 were female.
The best-performing areas were Hindu Religious Education, Integrated Science, Social Studies, Creative Arts and Sports, Kiswahili, CRE, and Agriculture, according to the CS.
Unlike the traditional exams, learners who did the exams were placed into four performance bands, which include Exceeding Expectations, Meeting Expectations, Approaching Expectations, and Below Expectations.
