STEM emerges main pathway for learners in first CBC exams

More than half of the candidates who sat the 2025 Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA) demonstrated readiness to pursue courses in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics,(STEM) in Senior School, underscoring a decisive tilt toward science-oriented learning as Kenya accelerates its shift to the competence-driven system.

The performance is set to pile pressure on senior schools to reinforce laboratories and technical capacity, as the system must now absorb an unprecedented concentration of science-pursuing learners.