KJSEA Results 2025: How to Check Your Grade 10 Senior School Placement

Learners transitioning to Senior Secondary Schools will be able to access their Grade 10 placements by Friday, December 19 following the release of the Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA) results.

Speaking on Wednesday, December 17, Basic Education Principal Secretary Julius Bitok announced the placements apply to learners transitioning to Grade 10 in 2026 under the Competency-Based Education (CBE) system.

According to the PS, candidates will be able to check the senior schools where they have been placed by sending an SMS with their KNEC assessment number to 22263.

During the release of the KJSEA results last week, Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba said authorities will place learners transitioning to senior school based on their performance and selected learning pathways.

In line with recommendations by the Presidential Working Party on Education Reform, CS Ogamba explained that the Grade 9 assessment comprises 20 per cent from the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA), 20 per cent from School-Based Assessments in Grades 7 and 8, and 60 per cent from a summative evaluation at Grade 9.

Individual 2025 KJSEA Assessment results can be accessed online through the link https://kjsea.knec.ac.ke. Learners are required to enter their assessment number and any one of the name(s) as per the registration data for the 2025 KJSEA Assessment.

The CS added that authorities have already clustered secondary schools based on the pathways they will offer, forming the basis for school selection that learners and parents undertook earlier in the year.

He further noted that Kenya currently has 9,540 senior schools with a total capacity of 2.2 million learners. With 929,262 candidates exiting secondary school after KCSE this year, senior schools will have additional classroom space, as only three classes will be hosted at this level.

The extra capacity, he said, will help avoid overcrowding and ensure all eligible learners are accommodated.

When the placement exercise concludes this week, Grade 10 learners are expected to report to their respective senior schools on January 12, 2026.

Fees payable in senior schools will vary depending on the new institutional classification framework, which groups schools into C1 to C4 clusters, replacing the former national, extra-county, county and sub-county categories.

Under the revised structure, former national schools, now designated as C1 institutions, will charge Ksh53,554 per year. Authorities have reclassified extra-county schools as C2, which will have an annual fee of Ksh45,054, while county schools, now referred to as C3 institutions, will charge Ksh40,035 annually.

Learners admitted to C4 schools, previously known as sub-county schools, will continue to benefit from free secondary education, with no tuition fees payable.

Following the transition to senior school in January 2026, learners will undertake a three-year cycle covering Grades 10, 11 and 12. Each learner will study seven subjects, including four compulsory core areas – English, Kiswahili, Core or Essential Mathematics, and Community Service Learning- alongside three elective subjects aligned to individual career pathways.

Senior school learners will attend 40 lessons per week, with each lesson lasting 40 minutes. Reporting time will be 8:00 a.m., with formal lessons running from 8:20 a.m. to 3:20 p.m. Schools are to schedule non-formal programmes after the final lesson at 3:20 p.m.

Authorities have structured break periods to support learner well-being, including a 10-minute break after the first two lessons, a 30-minute break after the next two lessons, and a one-hour lunch break.

Additionally, a teacher in a senior school will be allocated a minimum of 27 lessons per week within their areas of specialization and is expected to teach at least two subjects under the senior school curriculum.

Schools are required to issue fee structures at the start of the academic year, clearly outlining vote heads such as tuition, boarding, meals and activity fees. Parents must receive advance notice of fee collection deadlines, and institutions are required to designate official payment channels.

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