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Girls outperform boys in 2025 KJSEA results

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Candidates from St Mary's Girls Comprehensive and Junior School in Nakuru County on October 27, 2025.

Photo credit: Bonface Mwangi | Nation Media Group
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By  Kamau Maichuhie

Gender Reporter

Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • The CS said the widest gender gap was observed in Kiswahili.
  • A total of 1,130,459 learners sat for the KJSEA exams.

Girls outperformed boys in the 2025 Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA) exams whose results were announced Thursday.

Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba revealed that female learners outperformed their male counterparts in 10 of the 12 subjects.

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