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The Ministry of Education and KNEC had announced no date for 2026 KJSEA results or Grade 10 placement as of 30 October; last year's cycle ran from results on 11 December 2025 to reporting day on 12 January 2026.
Kenya's Grade 6 and Grade 9 national assessments began on 26 October with 2,586,491 candidates registered; KPSEA ends on 28 October and KJSEA on 30 October, according to KNEC timetables and figures reported by The Star.
Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Migos Ogamba gazetted a fee structure on 6 February 2026 under which public day senior schools charge families nothing and boarding is capped at KSh 53,554 a year, Capital FM and The Star reported. The KJSEA for Grade 9 learners runs 26 to 30 October 2026.
Kenyan schools must upload 2026 School-Based Assessment scores to the KNEC portal by 23 October, three days before KPSEA and KJSEA start on 26 October, Education News reported on 20 October 2026.
Kenya's KJSEA exam for 1,206,028 Grade 9 candidates starts on 26 October; last year, results came out on 11 December, placements on 19 December and reporting day was 12 January 2026, Capital FM and The Star reported.
Term 3 closes on Friday 23 October. Grade 6 and Grade 9 papers start on 26 October and the main KCSE papers on 2 November, with some KCSE orals and practicals from 19 October, according to KNEC timetables.
