The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has announced the release of the 2025 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) result slips.

In a post by the KNEC official X account on Saturday, February 14, 2026, KNEC stated that the results slips have been dispatched to all Sub-County Directors of Education (SCDE) offices nationwide and advised school heads to collect them from their respective SCDEs.

The Kenya National Examinations Council has advised candidates to visit their schools and collect the result slips.

“The 2025 KCSE examination result slips are ready for collection. Candidates are advised to visit their schools and collect the result slips,”KNEC stated.

Worth noting, KNEC dispatches the result slips to the Sub-County Directors of Education for collection by the heads of institutions within one month after the release of the KCSE results.

Afterwards, the school Principals log in to the KNEC portal using school credentials to download and print the official result slips.

2025 exams

The announcement comes after the Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba announced the 2025 KCSE examination results on January 9.

The Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) recently defended the performance of sub-county schools in the 2025 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE).

KNEC clarification came amid widespread concerns over poor performances in sub-county schools in the country, with students in most of these schools scoring an average of Grades C and D.

Speaking on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, during the Elimu Mashinani Forum held in Lavington, Nairobi, KNEC Chief Executive Officer, David Njengere, said that judging the results of students without considering their entry behaviour in Form One is an unfair analysis.

“From a statistical perspective, I think it would not be fair to examine the results at the sub-county level without considering the entry behaviour of these learners in Form One,” Njengere explained.

While comparing the 2025 KCSE performance of students in national schools and those in sub-county schools, the KNEC boss noted that the education system determines the outcome of a student long before they sit their final examinations.

“Learners who score 400 marks and above in the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) almost always end up in national schools. Those who join sub-county schools are mostly those with 200 marks and below.”

 According to the 2025 KCSE results, out of the 993,226 candidates who sat the exam, 1,932 candidates obtained an overall mean grade of A (plain) in the 2025 KCSE examination, with 270,715 candidates attaining the Grade C+, qualifying for direct university entry. 

A total of 507,131 candidates scored C- and above, while 634,082 candidates scored D+ and above, compared to 605,774 in 2024.

Njengere explained that the difference in KCPE performance of students who join national schools and sub-county schools makes it unrealistic to expect sub-county schools to register results similar to national schools after just four years.

“It is therefore not possible to expect that, at the end of four years, sub-county schools can post comparable results with national schools,” he said.