Nyamira, January 10, 2026 – Sironga Girls National School has recorded an impressive outcome in the 2025 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations released yesterday by Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Migos Ogamba.
According to Chief Principal Jane Nyanumba, the school presented 1,105 candidates for the national exams.
Out of these, 1,057 students achieved a mean grade of C+ and above, securing direct entry to university.
This represents a significant number of students transitioning to higher education from the all-girls national boarding school in Nyamira County.The school’s grade distribution was as follows:
- 0 straight A plain
- 32 A- (A minus)
- 220 B+
- 350 B plain
- 292 B-
- 152 C+
- 41 C plain
- 16 C-
- 1 D+
Principal Nyanumba expressed gratitude while acknowledging that the results fell short of the school’s ambitious target.
“We want to thank God for the results. We expected them to do much better; we didn’t reach our target which we had set of 9.94, but we are still grateful to all stakeholders who gave us maximum support in the course of the year,” she said.
She extended appreciation to the Board of Management for their unwavering support, parents for backing the school’s programs, and the committed teaching staff who invested their energy to achieve these outcomes.
“We also appreciate our girls of last year for trying their very best to ensure that we have almost 100% transition to university,” Principal Nyanumba added, highlighting the collective effort behind the success.
This performance underscores Sironga Girls’ reputation as a strong national school in the region, continuing its tradition of solid university transitions.
National KCSE 2025 Performance OverviewThe 2025 KCSE results, released on January 9, 2026, at AIC Chebisaas High School in Eldoret, showed overall improvement in key indicators compared to 2024.
A total of 993,226 candidates sat the exams (an increase from 962,512 in 2024), with female candidates slightly outnumbering males at approximately 50.46%.Key national highlights include:1,932 candidates (0.19%) achieved a straight A plain, up from 1,693 (0.18%) in 2024.
270,715 candidates (27.18%) scored C+ and above, qualifying for direct university entry — an improvement from 246,391 (25.53%) in 2024.
507,131 candidates (50.92%) attained C- and above, compared to 476,889 (49.41%) the previous year.
634,082 candidates (63.67%) achieved D+ and above, up from 605,774 (62.76%) in 2024.
National schools dominated top performances, producing the majority of straight A’s (1,526), followed by extra-county and private schools.
The results reflect the impact of the reviewed grading system (in place since 2023), which focuses on strengths in core subjects.
Education CS Ogamba described the outcomes as a positive step amid Kenya’s transition from the 8-4-4 system toward Competency-Based Education, with this cohort among the last under the old framework.
Candidates can access their results via the KNEC portal at results.knec.ac.ke using their index number.
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