Is Grade 10 to Grade 11 promotion automatic? Can a learner repeat or change subjects? The official CBE rules, and what has not been published yet.
For Grade 10 teachers: file the SBA evidence KNEC requires, learn from the first cycle, and plan Grade 11 around new textbooks and 12-week terms in 2027.
Last year 355,457 Grade 10 placement reviews were filed and 211,636 approved. See the 2025 dates, the four-request rule and what to prepare.
A 10-week Grade 10 December holiday plan for English, Kiswahili, Mathematics and CSL, built on the KICD strands: two hours a day, rest weeks included.
Grade 10 SBA counts 15 percent of the KCBE. A worked example of the 15, 15, 70 split, and what KNEC has not yet published about the final grade.
KNEC has moved 1.2 million Grade 9 scripts to the front of its marking queue, prompting parents to plan ahead while awaiting official placement details.
A Grade 9 holiday plan from 31 October: rest, repair Mathematics, write in two languages, prepare your pathway and Community Service Learning before Grade 10.
From KJSEA 2026 to Grade 10: what is done, what is official and what is not yet announced, with the 2025 dates shown as a guide only.
Your child is going to boarding school for the first time in January. Here is what to prepare, what to pack, and why the school list always comes first.