1.13 million learners who sat for the Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA) shall from today know the senior schools they will be joining from January 2026. The Ministry of Education shall release the KJSEA placement results today. These results shall be accessible through the ministry’s portal placement.education.go.ke
In the admission letters, learners will be able to see the pathway and the school they have been placed in. In the event that the candidate is not satisfied with the schools or pathways they have been allocated, they will have two weeks to revise their choices.
According to the Ministry of Education, the placement of each candidate shall be determined by the analysis that is listed at the bottom of their results slips.
For instance, a result slip seen by Bizna Kenya indicates that a candidate who exceeded expectation [with seven points] in English, Kiswahili, Integrated Science, Agriculture, CRE, and met expectation [with six points] in mathematics, social studies, creative arts and sports, and pre-technical studies, had Arts & Sports, Social Science, and STEM as their pathways.
Arts & Sports Pathway had the highest score of 47.63 percent, followed by Social Science with a score of 47.49 percent and STEM with a score of 47.41. percent
The learners will be qualified based on the standard scores known as z-scores that is used by the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC). Learners who want to pursue STEM will be required to have a minimum score of 20. Arts & Sports and Social Science will require a minimum score of 25.
Where candidates qualify for all pathways, the Ministry of Education shall narrow down on their choices and interests while placing them.
Out of all the learners set for placement, 600,000 chose the STEM pathway, 437,000 chose Social Science while 124,000 chose Arts & Sports. The results of the KJSEA comprised of an aggregate of 20 percent from the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) which is done at Grade Six, 20 percent from the school-based assessments (SBA) which is done in Grade Seven and Grade Eight, and 60 percent from the Grade Nine KJSEA assessment.
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