HELB has just confirmed staggered 2026/2027 loan portal opening dates — KMTC students from 1 June, University & TVET first-timers from 15 June, and subsequent loans from 15 July. Here is the full timeline, the documents you should have ready right now, and the 5 mistakes that delay disbursement.
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Seven evidence-based strategies to help Kenyan IGCSE students achieve A* grades — from decoding Cambridge mark schemes to building a 12-week timetable, mastering past papers, and avoiding the mistakes that quietly cost the most marks.
You keep hearing teachers and KICD officers correct each other: "it is strand, not topic." Why does KICD care so much about this? Because the words quietly change how teaching actually happens. The full explanation, with rewrite examples, a glossary, and the mistakes that get lesson plans flagged at inspection.
KNEC has confirmed the Grade 9 KJSEA Creative Arts and Sports project window and a firm 30 August 2026 score-upload deadline. Here is exactly what schools and parents need to do before then.
Your 4-year-old is in PP1 and you wonder: are they actually learning anything? No formal exams, lots of play, lots of singing. Here is what Pre-Primary CBC is really doing, why KICD designed it this way, and exactly how to support it at home — with a day-by-day breakdown, a PP1 vs PP2 comparison table, and the mistakes well-meaning parents make.
You are a head teacher or board member. The annual budget conversation is coming. Here is the honest, line-by-line breakdown of what it really costs to run a CBC school in Kenya in 2026.
Every IGCSE student gets the same advice: "do past papers". And every IGCSE student also gets told "make flashcards". The honest answer: you need both, but in a specific order and ratio. Here is what actually works.
IGCSE is the foundation. A-Level is the gatekeeper. For Kenyan students aiming at competitive university courses — at home or abroad — stopping at IGCSE quietly closes doors most parents do not realise are closing. Here is the honest pathway picture for 2026.
IGCSE Chemistry 0620 punishes students who study only theory. The practical-heavy paper (Paper 6) drains marks from candidates who never set foot in a lab. Here is the Kenyan student's method to score an A*.
Almost every IGCSE student in Kenya owns a stack of Cambridge past papers and mark schemes. Almost none of them use the mark scheme the way it was designed to be used — as a teacher, not as a checklist. Here is the method that turns past papers into real revision.