Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba has strongly dismissed viral social media claims alleging that the government secretly released the 2025 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) results, terming the reports as fake, misleading, and irresponsible.
The misinformation began circulating widely online after a post claimed that Kapsabet Boys High School had emerged as the top-performing school nationally in the 2025 KCSE examinations. This claim immediately raised eyebrows, as it contradicted a long-standing government policy that expressly prohibits the ranking of schools in national examination results.
Fueling the confusion was a widely shared screenshot purportedly showing CS Ogamba announcing the KCSE results during a televised address. The image, which spread rapidly across Facebook, WhatsApp, X (formerly Twitter), and TikTok, was later confirmed to be fabricated.
“Treat such fake and misleading news with the contempt it deserves,” Ogamba said in an official statement issued on Saturday, firmly denying that the results had been released or announced in any form.
The Ministry of Education reiterated that the official release of KCSE results is strictly handled by the ministry in collaboration with the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC). Any announcements regarding the results, including timelines and procedures, must come from these two institutions and not from unofficial online sources.
A senior source at KNEC also moved to calm parents, candidates, and other stakeholders who had been thrown into panic by the viral claims.
“Relax, tell the parents and the concerned stakeholders to relax,” the source told K47 Digital News. “It is only the Ministry that is in an official capacity to speak on the dates. We do not understand the pressure and the misinformation doing the rounds. Historically, we have never made official communications indicating the exact dates when we release the results.”
The source emphasized that speculation around exact release dates has always existed but should not be mistaken for official communication.
CS Ogamba further clarified that the confusion may have been worsened by past practices where national exam results were sometimes released in December. He explained that those December releases were typically for the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE), which was not administered in 2025 due to the ongoing rollout of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC).
“The exams previously released in December were the KCPE results, but this year, we did not have that examination. This may have led to some confusion,” Ogamba explained.
Speaking earlier in December during the Omogusii Cultural Festival at Kenyoro School Grounds in North Mugirango Constituency, Nyamira County, the Education CS had already provided guidance on the expected KCSE timeline. He announced that the 2025 KCSE results would be released in the second week of January 2026, before January 15.
“The KCSE examination results will be released within the next two weeks. Traditionally, the KCSE exams are normally announced in January, and we are keeping to that tradition,” Ogamba said at the time.
The 2025 KCSE examinations officially began on October 22 and concluded in November. They were conducted in 10,755 examination centers across the country, reflecting the scale and logistical complexity of the national assessment.
This year also recorded a historic increase in candidature, with 965,501 candidates sitting for the exams, up from 903,138 in 2023. Education officials have described this as a milestone that underscores increased access to secondary education nationwide.
Marking of the exams was completed on December 13, 2025, after rigorous work by examiners deployed to 35 designated marking centers countrywide.
As Kenyans await the official release, the Ministry of Education has urged the public to rely solely on verified government channels and to ignore unverified social media claims that only serve to cause unnecessary anxiety among students and parents.
