Young Muslim Academy, Al Ameen Academy top 2025 Islamic integrated schools examinations

Young Muslim Academy of Garissa and Al Ameen Academy of Nairobi have produced the best-performing students in this year’s national examinations for Islamic integrated schools.

The Kenya Certificate of Islamic Primary Education (KCIPE-Ibtidai) and Kenya Certificate of Islamic Intermediate Education (KCIIE-mutawasit) are administered by the Islamic Curriculum Development Centre (ICDC) based in Mombasa.

In the results released at the weekend, the two schools produced the best students in Ibtida'i and mutawasit. Learners in Grade 6 and Grade 9 sat for the examinations in July this year.

The ICDC chairman Sheikh Hassan Sugow (centre) announcing the results

Mohamed Amin Adow Daud from Young Muslim Academy topped the charts in the primary national examinations with a mean score of 92.50 and in second place came Ayman Muhammad Abdi from Nairobi Muslim Academy, who posted a mean score of 92.33.

Abdirizack Muhumed Jibril from Abrar Integrated in Garissa came in third place, achieving the same mean score, while in fourth position came Luqman Noor Habib from Anfaal Muslim Academy in Mombasa who posted a mean score of 92.00. He was followed by Adan Ahmed Mohamed from Furqan Integrated of Wajir who emerged in the fifth position, also attaining the same mean score.

In the Mutawasit (KCIIE) category, Abdifatah Mohamed Maalim from Al Ameen Academy took the top honours with 88.83 points. He was followed by Ahmed Omar Rau Chambangwe from Raheeq Al Makhtum Academy in Mombasa, who garnered 88.50 points while Masud Adan Maalim from Mandera came in third position scoring 88.33 points.

In the fourth place came Farhiya Hassan Rumi from Taalim Integrated Academy in Malindi with 87.83 points.

Al Ameen Academy posted another splendid performance from Khansaa Abdikadir Mohamed who came fifth with 87.17 points.

In the school category, Furqan Integrated School of Wajir was ranked in the first position in the Kenya Certificate of Islamic Intermediate Education examinations. It was followed by Al Bassam School of Tana River, while Taalim Integrated of Malindi came in third place. Al Ameen Academy was ranked in fourth position, while Umar Faruq from Mandera came in fifth position.

In the Ibtida'i (KCIPE) category, Furqan Integrated was ranked the best school nationally, followed by Abarar Integrated, while Young Muslim Academy was ranked in third place. Keyword Academy of Nairobi took the fourth position, with Al Bassam of Tana River ranked in fifth position.

In subject performance, Arabic language was the most improved subject in the KCIPE examinations, while Hadith was the most improved subject in the intermediate examinations.

The students were examined in 6 subjects: Arabic language, Quran, hadith (prophetic traditions), seerah (life of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him) tawheed (Islamic monotheism) and fiqh (jurisprudence).

Overall, 1,625 students from 46 schools around the country sat for the Ibtidai and Mutawasit examinations.

In the KCIPE examinations, 1,212 candidates sat for the national examinations, while the KCIIE examinations featured 473 candidates.

Releasing the results, the ICDC chairman of the Sheikh Hasan Sugow said compared to last year, there was a marked improvement in subject performance.

“Overall there is marked improvement in the performance, and we commend the schools, teachers, and students for their efforts,” he said.

The chairman spoke on the remarkable progress of the examinations, saying that more schools continue to join the national curriculum for Islamic integrated schools. “From about 100 students who sat for the first examinations in 2017, now we have more than 1,600 students, and the number continues to grow, a testimony to the interest by schools in the educational curriculum,” he said.

He urged integrated Islamic schools to embrace the ICDC education system and work together in uplifting educational standards in the community. “We have hundreds of Islamic integrated schools in the country, when we join hands, educational standards in Islamic schools will further improve,” he said.

Over the years the ICDC has developed a curriculum for the integrated schools to develop and implement a standardized Islamic curriculum for Islamic integrated schools.