A portfolio is not a folder of everything; it is selected evidence, labelled and dated. What belongs, what does not, and the termly routine that keeps it painless.
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.
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.
KNEC has set 30 July 2026 as the deadline for schools to verify KPSEA and KJSEA SBA scores on the CBA portal. Here is what it means, the 20/20/60 weighting, and what to do now.
KNEC has set 2 July 2026 for Grade 10 School-Based Assessment tools on the CBA portal, with scores due by 31 October. What parents and schools must do.
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 child came home with a CBA report card marked AE in Science, ME in Maths and BE in Kiswahili. This is the four-letter assessment language Kenyan schools now use: and parents are right to ask what it means in practice.
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.
KNEC's CBA portal at cba.knec.ac.ke is where Grade 4-5 projects and Grade 7-8 School-Based Assessments are uploaded. Here is the complete step-by-step guide with the May 29 2026 deadline that every Kenyan JSS teacher needs.