How KJSEA results will be a far cry from past exam celebrations

Kenya Primary School Education Assessment candidates celebrating after completion of tests at Nyamachaki Primary Schoo in Nyeri in November 2023. [Kibata Kihu, Standard] 

The 1,130,679 candidates who sat the first-ever Kenya Junior Secondary School Education Assessment (KJSEA) might never know their final marks in the test, ahead of the release of the results tomorrow. 

At the same time, schools will also not know how they rank nationally or within their counties, a shift from the long KCPE culture, where institutions used exam rankings to showcase academic dominance.