Students to no longer collect KCPE, KCSE certificates from their schools

The Ministry of Education has announced that from 2026, students who have completed their primary and secondary education will no longer collect their KCPE certificates or KCSE certificates from their former schools.

Instead, the ministry has directed that these certificates will be collected from Sub-County education offices. This was revealed by the cabinet secretary in charge of education Julius Ogamba when he appeared before the National Assembly’s Committee on Education.

CS Ogamba said that the new shift from the offices of principals and head teachers to sub-county education offices is meant to bring an end the tendency by school heads to withhold certificates from students who completed primary or secondary education without clearing all the fees.

He had been put to task by Funyula Member of Parliament Wilberforce Oundo who wanted to know why the Kenya National Examinations Council could not send the certificates directly to the students without using school heads as middlemen.

“Instead of this protracted tussle between the students and principals, why can’t Kenya National Examination Council send the result slips directly to the students, just like E-Citizen and birth certificate where you don’t have to go to a place where you were born to get a birth certificate?” Oundo asked CS Ogamba.

“We have thought about sending the next results to our sub-county offices with copies of register to the schools, to confirm the certificates have been picked by the students. That way, there will be no challenge or a situation where the students are suffering or being told to pay many things before receiving the certificate,” CS Ogamba said in response.

At the same appearance, CS Ogamba added that that the current delays in the release of school capitation funds have been occasioned by an ongoing audit that uncovered serious irregularities, including the disbursement of funds to non-existent schools.

He noted that as of October 7, 2025, his ministry had verified and released capitation to 752 primary, junior, senior, and special needs education institutions across the country, catering to 9,430,139 learners.

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