STEM covers everything from pure sciences to technical trades like Electrical Technology and Building & Construction. And Mathematics is a core subject for every learner. Here's the real subject breakdown.
Agriculture and Nutrition absorbed Home Science content in the 2024 rationalisation. The real 4 strands, why learners under-revise the nutrition half, and a practical revision plan.
Creative Arts and Sports feels like the easy Grade 9 subject, but KJSEA examines it formally and it weighs into Arts & Sports pathway placement. The real 4 strands and how to revise them.
Social Studies feels like general knowledge but has a real 5-strand structure. Map skills, history and government, resources and citizenship: how to actually revise each one.
The KJSEA/KPSEA final score isn't just the exam. Up to 60% comes from school-based assessment collected over years. Here is the real breakdown and what it means for how you support your child.
Pre-Technical Studies absorbed Business Studies in the 2024 rationalisation and is one of the least-revised Grade 9 subjects. Here are the real 5 strands and a practical revision plan.
Download free KICD rationalised curriculum designs for every grade (PP1 to Grade 12), and learn how to actually use them. Updated for Term 2, 2026.
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.
In CBE/CBC every KICD curriculum design is organised into strands and sub-strands: not topics. This explainer walks through the hierarchy with a worked Grade 7 Maths example, shows why KICD deliberately retired the old vocabulary, and explains how the structure changes lesson planning and BE/AE/ME/EE assessment.