Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu on Monday, January 16, 2023, announced that schools will start to access Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) exam results.
Speaking at the Kenya Institute for Curriculum Development on Monday, January 16, 2023, while announcing the Form One Placement, Machogu said that schools will start to access KPSEA results from Tuesday, January 17, 2023.
However, the Grade 6 exam results will not have the pomp and colour that usually accompanies the release of the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE).
The Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) will release the Grade 6 national exams to private and private primary schools.
After the release, parents will have to go to the schools and ask for the KPSEA reports for their children which should be issued at no cost.
Education CS said that all learners who sat for KPSEA exams will transit to junior secondary.
"1,253, 577 learners who sat for KPSEA in 32,555 centres will transit to junior secondary," Machogu said.
During the release of KCPE exams at Mtihani House on December 21, 2023, KNEC CEO David Njeng’ere said that pupils would receive the results of the KPSEA exam on their school portal.
Njeng’ere also clarified that the results would not be used to place candidates in junior secondary schools but to monitor learners' progress.
The KNEC Chief added that the examination body would release three reports on KPSEA: individual, school-specific and national level.
Njeng’ere also noted that Grade 6 learners can transfer to a different school to join Grade 7 after receiving the KPSEA results.
Grade 6 learners who proceed to junior secondary school will be domiciled in the existing primary school but will have different uniforms.
