The wait is over! The KCSE, KPSEA, and KILEA exam results are finally out. If you are a student or a parent of a student who did their examinations in the year 2024, you can now check the examination results via various Portals available on the KNEC website. The Kenya National Examinations Council ( KNEC) is a state parastatal in Kenya mandated to set exams and release exam results once they are ready. But do you know the processes involved with checking the results?
On January 6th, KNEC released the KPSEA/ KILEA results, and three days later, on January 9th, 2025, the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Examinations (KCSE) was released. In this guide, we will walk you through the processes to follow to get your exam results. So, ensure to read to the end to get the correct portal link to access your results
Accessing Your Results Online
When it comes to getting exam results in Kenya, the Kenya National Examination Council has done an excellent job by making them available on various online portals. The Good thing is that you can access your exam results in real-time by directly visiting the official KNEC website, as shown in the steps below:
Checking KCSE Results Online
The 2024 KCSE results were officially released on January 9th, 2025. This year’s exam results registered 965,501 students, of whom 480,310 were male and 482,202 were female. The Results are shown in the table below:
| Grade | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| A | 1,693 |
| A- | 7,743 |
| B+ | 19,150 |
| B | 43,120 |
| B- | 75,347 |
| C+ | 99,338 |
| C | 111,717 |
| C- | 118,781 |
| D+ | 128,885 |
| D | 153,334 |
| D- | 151,487 |
| E | 48,333 |
To check the KCSE 2024 results, follow the steps below:
- Visit the official KNEC portal at https://www.knec.ac.ke/.
- Once the website fully opens on the top navigation, look for the KSCE results tab and click on it to open the portal. Alternatively, you can access the portal directly using the link results.knec.ac.ke
- On the presented interface, key in your index number and any one of your registered names and click on View results.
- Your exam results will then be shown on your Screen
Below is a video that guides you on how to access your exam results online:
Checking KPSEA & KILEA Results Online
The results of the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) and Kenya Intermediate Level Education Assessment (KILEA) are also out. These exams are taken by Grade 6 learners and focus on knowledge acquisition as well as measuring competencies and values.
According to KNEC, only schools and parents can access the students’ results, which helps teachers reinforce areas where the candidates haven’t performed well. For this exam, students must have a minimum pass mark of 200 to proceed to Grade 7 or Junior Secondary schools.
To check learners’ results, the Processes involved are as narrated below:
For schools
- If you are a school head, visit the CBA Portal link accessible via https://cba.knec.ac.ke/
- Log into the portal and choose the type of exam results you want to see, i.e., either KPSEA or KILEA.
- Once you have the results, navigate to the Reports tab and choose View Reports.
- Immediately you do that, you will see a search bar; here, enter the learner’s assessment number to access their detailed results
- You can also download and save the performance report of various learners or the school in this section
For Parents
It is the same process as we discussed above. Visit the same CBA portal and log in using your child’s index number and name as the login credentials. Once you are in, you can see the performance report of your child’s progress, among other details.
Conclusion
Well, we hope this guide has provided you with a straightforward way of checking your exam results in Kenya, whether for school, as a parent, or as a student. For KCSE candiates checking our exam reults is done directly throuh the KNEC website usign the link results.knec.ac.ke whiile for those wh sat for their examinations at Grade 6 you can do so via the KNEC CBA Portal. Congratulations on your exam achievement, and we wish you all the best in the next step of your academic journey.
