With KPSEA days away, a Grade 6 learner needs a short, calm review, not a mountain of notes. Here is one page per paper: what to review, what to avoid, and how to check.
Eleven days before KJSEA, a Grade 9 learner does not need more notes. They need one page per learning area: what to review, the mistake to avoid, and a two-minute check.
The long holiday after Term 3 is where reading and maths quietly slip. Thirty to forty minutes a day, done most days, is enough to stop that happening.
KCSE 2026 stretches across five weeks, and much of it is time between papers. How a candidate uses those gaps can matter as much as the revision done before the first paper.
Holiday tuition adverts appear the moment schools close on 23 October. Before you pay, ask seven plain questions about value, rest, safety and what your child will actually gain.
Schools close on Friday 23 October. For a young child the long holiday works best as short, playful reading and numbers time each day, with plenty of rest around it.
With over a million candidates and tighter security this year, the rules in the exam room matter as much as the revision. This is what to carry, what to leave at home, and what to check with the school.
A report card comment is often the only written feedback a parent reads all year. This is how to make it specific, honest and useful, with a comment bank for each performance level.
Grade 10 School Based Assessment is 15 per cent of the final KCBE result, and schools must upload it by 31 October. This is the short list of things a parent can still check before then.