KICD has completed Grade 10-12 curriculum designs, approved Grade 10 textbooks, and partnered with TSC on teacher training for the CBE Senior School rollout. What it means for Grade 9 families.
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.
A step-by-step guide to writing a CBC lesson plan in the official KICD format: every required section explained with worked examples, the 5 most common quality-assurance mistakes, and a comparison with lesson notes and schemes of work.
Complete strand-by-strand breakdown of Grade 7 CBC Mathematics for 2026: Numbers, Algebra, Geometry, Measurements and Data Handling: with worked examples, a term-by-term table and common mistakes to avoid.
You keep hearing teachers and KICD officers correct each other: "it is strand, not topic." Why does KICD care so much about this? Because the words quietly change how teaching actually happens. The full explanation, with rewrite examples, a glossary, and the mistakes that get lesson plans flagged at inspection.
Most new Kenyan teachers spend two hours on a single lesson plan. It does not have to be that hard. Here is the exact KICD template, the 10-minute method, and the AI tool that does it in 10 seconds.
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.
In 2026 the question for Kenyan teachers is no longer "should I use AI": it is which AI tools actually help and which are time-wasters. This shortlist covers the seven AI tools worth your workflow time (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Somo AI, MagicSchool, Brisk, Diffit), where each shines, where each stops, and how to keep learner data safe.
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.