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.
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.
KICD curriculum designs are dense 80-130 page PDFs that most teachers either skim once or never open at all. This step-by-step guide shows how to read any design properly in 90 minutes: section by section, in priority order, with what to extract from each and how to turn it into a working scheme of work and lesson plan.
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.
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.
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.