Grade 5 has no milestone and a lot at stake. Here is what Term 3 covers, why fractions and percentages converge now, how SBA records accumulate, and the one habit that recovers the most marks.
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 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.