Grade 2 has no exam and no milestone, which is why problems go unnoticed. Here is what is assessed, why fluency and number bonds decide everything after it, and the signs worth acting on now.
Grade 1 now has seven learning areas and 31 lessons a week after the 2024 rationalisation. Here is what your child is learning, how they are assessed without an exam, and the two things that matter at home.
TSC reforms open a new career route for Primary 1 teachers previously blocked by KCSE grades; parents are advised on what this could mean for families and how to keep children learning.
TSC reforms could allow graduates with lower KCSE grades to teach Primary One, expanding opportunities and potentially easing teacher shortages, though details remain pending.
KPSEA sits at the end of October and the real revision window is now. A practical 10-week home plan for Grade 6 parents: gap-mapping, a 40-minute daily rotation, timed papers, and the three mistakes that cost children marks.
KPSEA 2026: rehearsal 23 October, papers 26 to 28 October. The five papers and the learning areas hidden inside them, what KPSEA does and does not decide, and the calm 10-week home revision plan. Updated weekly through the season.
Grade 4 begins Upper Primary: more learning areas, more written work and the start of SBA that counts. What changes, and how to prepare gently during Term 3 of Grade 3.
No exams, no BE/AE/ME/EE bands at Pre-Primary. Here's what observation checklists and portfolios actually track, and why Pre-Primary assessment is built this way on purpose.
Long before KPSEA in Grade 6, the SBA scores your child earns in Grades 4 and 5 are already counting, each year contributes 20% to the final KPSEA score. Here is what upper-primary SBA is and how to build a strong record.