In the 2025 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations, national schools secured the top spots, contributing to the improved overall performance. Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Migos announced that a total of 1,932 candidates achieved a straight Grade A.

• National schools accounted for the majority of top performers, with 1,526 candidates scoring Grade A, representing about 8 in 10 A grades.
• A total of 993,226 candidates sat for the 2025 KCSE examinations, an increase of 3.19 per cent from the previous year.
• 270,715 candidates (27.1 per cent) attained a C+ and above, qualifying for direct university entry.
• The government is accelerating the transition to the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC), with significant investments in teacher recruitment (100,000 since 2023) and infrastructure (23,000 classrooms and 1,600 new laboratories in 2024–2025).
• 1,180 candidates had their results cancelled due to examination irregularities.

Provisional results for the 2025 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations show leading national schools achieving impressive performances, with Moi High School Kabarak emerging at the top.

• Moi High School Kabarak in Nakuru County led with a mean score of 10.59, with 82 A-plains and 150 A- grades.
• Out of 993,226 candidates who sat the exam, 270,715 attained direct university entry qualifications of mean grade C+ and above, an increase from 246,391 in 2024.
• Other top-performing schools include Alliance High School (10.47), Maranda High School (10.20), and Murang’a High School (10.16).

COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli has denied viral social media claims alleging he gifted his nephew an Ksh8 million car for performing well in the recently released KCSE examinations.

• Atwoli labeled the viral posts, which showed an image of him handing car keys to a young man next to a Prado, as "fake and misleading."
• The claims circulated widely on Facebook and X on Friday, January 9, triggering mixed reactions online.
• The denial comes shortly after Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba announced KCSE results, with over 270,000 students achieving the minimum university entry grade of C+.