Grade 9 is the KJSEA year — the year that places your child into a Senior School pathway. This guide breaks down all 9 rationalised KICD Grade 9 learning areas, what each one expects by year-end, and how the design connects directly to the October-November KJSEA assessment your Grade 9 candidate will sit.
KUPPET issued three separate ultimatums in May 2026 — over delayed promotions, the 44,000 intern confirmation backlog, and the Sh1.5 billion KNEC examiner arrears that have triggered an exam-boycott directive. Term 2 transition and the 2026 national exam cycle are both in scope. Here is what parents and teachers need to know.
The Grade 8 KICD curriculum designs are published free on kicd.ac.ke but most teachers and parents never read them past the cover page. This guide gives you the free download links plus a term-by-term reading plan: which sections to read first, which sub-strands always lead Term 1, and how to budget reading time so a busy JSS teacher actually finishes the document.
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.
The Naivasha National Conference on Education in May 2026 endorsed the comprehensive school model — primary and JSS unified under one Head of Institution, two deputies, one Board of Management. Here is what it changes for JSS teachers, what KNUT and KUPPET have said, and what to watch next.
KUPPET has ordered teachers to boycott KCSE, KJSEA and KPSEA 2026 invigilation over Sh1.5B arrears. The end-of-May deadline expires tonight - here is what it means for your child and how to keep revising through the uncertainty.
The Grade 7 KICD curriculum design is the official rulebook for Junior Secondary teaching in Kenya. This walkthrough explains how strands and sub-strands are organised, what each section of the design document contains, and how to turn the design into a working term-by-term plan without losing two weekends to it.
TSC is rolling out TPAD 3 to replace TPAD 2 — five teaching standards become four, scores now go in per learning area not per cluster, the portal moves to portal.tsc.go.ke, and you will be expected to upload certified documents and lesson observation forms. Here is the plain-English summary of every change a Kenyan teacher must know before the next appraisal cycle.
KNEC has set Friday 29 May 2026 as the deadline for schools to upload Grade 4 and Grade 5 CBC project scores to the CBA portal. This piece walks parents and teachers through exactly what is being submitted, where the data goes, and what to do if your school is at risk of missing the cutoff.