Across Kenya today, close to a million former secondary school candidates received their long-awaited 2025 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) results, marking a significant milestone in the final phases of the 8-4-4 system as the country advances toward full Competency-Based Education.
Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba officially announced the results on Friday at AIC Chebisas High School in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County, following a briefing with President William Ruto at State House the previous day. A total of 996,078 candidates sat the examinations across 10,755 centres nationwide.
The release comes amid a notable decline in reported malpractice cases — only 418 incidents this year compared with 614 in the previous cycle — underscoring enhanced security measures by the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC).
Here are the official ways candidates can access their results:
Via SMS
The most accessible option for those without reliable internet is the SMS service. Send the full index number to 20076. Each request costs KSh 25, and results arrive almost immediately on the mobile phone.
Here, candidates across the country eagerly check their results via mobile phones shortly after the announcement.
Via online portal
For detailed viewing and printing of a provisional results slip, use the official KNEC portal at https://results.knec.ac.ke.
Follow these steps:
1. Visit the KNEC Results Portal.
2. Enter the candidate’s full index number.
3. Select the examination year as 2025.
4. Click Submit to display the results.
KNEC has optimised the portal to manage high traffic, though brief delays may occur. In such cases, candidates should retry later or visit their schools.
Schools will receive official hard-copy printouts and individual result slips in the coming days.
Authorities continue to warn against fraudulent websites and social media scams promising early or altered results. CS Ogamba emphasised that only the official KNEC portal and SMS service are legitimate.
These results open pathways to university, technical institutions or the workforce for the Class of 2025, amid Kenya’s ongoing education transition.
Here, joyful moments as students celebrate strong performances.
Here, Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba during the results release ceremony.
