S3 Results 2025 Rwanda S3 National Examination Result 2025 @www.reb.rw. Check the Rwanda Education Board (REB) Ordinary Secondary School level National Examination Result online.
Junior Secondary School is also known as S3. In 2018, 578,897 Rwandan students took the national secondary Education Ordinary Level test at the end of Junior Secondary School S3 (9th grade) in nine subjects. If a student fails the S3 national exam, she/he can retake the third year or decide to join a private school.
In Rwanda, Secondary schooling is divided into Lower Secondary and Upper Secondary, both lasting three years. Lower Secondary, i.e. S3, focuses on acquiring basic knowledge and skills. At the end of S3, students take O-Level national examinations, which allow them to progress to Upper Secondary public schools, S6.
S3 Results 2025
Why is the name S3? It refers to the three years of Lower secondary education. Here, S=Secondary and 3=three years.
In fact, at the Ordinary Secondary School level, there is one medium of instruction: English. Unlike the Kinyarwanda language used as a medium of instruction in primary school (P1-P3), the English language is used as a medium of instruction from P4 through University level education.
The S3 national-level examination is conducted once a year, generally in October or November. The Rwanda Education Ministry publishes the S3 results. After publication, students can check their results on the Rwanda Education Board (REB) official website.
S3 Result: The Secondary National Examination i.e. S3 is one of the most popular examinations. More than half million of the students appeared in the Ordinary Secondary School level National Examination and get promoted to S6: Advanced Secondary School level – 3 years.
Rwanda S3 National Examination Result Date 2025
In general, the Ministry of Education, Rwanda (mineduc) released the National Examinations for P3 results and awarded the top 10 best-performing students. As a matter of fact, the S3 result is released either in the month of December (last week) or 1st week of January. After the result is published, it can be viewed either on the internet or by sending an SMS.
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National Exam Name |
Tentative Date |
| S3 Result Date | December 2025 |
Check Rwanda S3 Results 2025 Online:
After the official announcement is done by the Ministry of Education, Rwanda (mineduc), the student can search for S3 results online. The following steps will help you to view your result.
- Open your browser and type www.reb.gov.rw
- On the right-hand side click on “Result 2025”
- Then, a new page will open on the REB website results.reb.rw.
- Now select your exam name from ✔ S3 | S6 | P6
- Then enter your S3 registration number.
- Finally, click on the search button.
Note: Students can download the S3 result slip for future reference only.
REB S3 Result 2025 via SMS
It is another easy way to check the REB Results without an internet connection. If you are facing a slow Internet connection or the REB server is down, then this would be the best option. Using SMS: S3 (for ordinary level) followed by the full candidate’s index number. Send it to 489.
For example, if I am an S3 student and my reg number is 1478963, then I shall send the SMS code S3 1478963 to 4891.
Student Participation & Statistics
In 2019, the Ordinary Level Secondary National Examinations started on 12/11/2019 and ended on 19/11/2019. 115,417 Ordinary level candidates from 1,376 schools were registered in 489 examination centres. The examined subjects were nine, namely Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Geography, History, Kinyarwanda, English, and Entrepreneurship. Candidates who sat for examinations in 2019 were 114,424 as compared to 96,523 in 2018. 54.4% (62,209) of them were girls; while 45.6% candidates (52,215) were boys.
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