{"id":928,"date":"2026-10-26T17:03:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T17:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/?p=928"},"modified":"2026-10-26T17:05:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T17:05:14","slug":"over-2-5-million-grade-6-and-9-learners-begin-national-assessments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/?p=928","title":{"rendered":"Over 2.5 Million Grade 6 and 9 Learners Begin National Assessments."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"924\" src=\"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261026_195603-1024x924.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261026_195603-1024x924-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261026_195603-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261026_195603-768x693.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261026_195603.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Owen Chege<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than 2.5 million Grade 6 and Grade 9 learners across Kenya have begun their national assessments today, Monday, October 26, 2026, under the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC), 1,380,463 Grade 6 learners registered for the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA), while 1,206,028 Grade 9 learners registered for the Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The assessments began at 8:30 a.m. across the country, with learners sitting different papers according to their respective examination timetables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grade 6 learners started with Mathematics and English, while Grade 9 candidates sat English Language, English Composition and Literary Analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The KPSEA assessments will run for three days, ending on Wednesday, October 28, while the KJSEA examinations will continue until Friday, October 30, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba has assured parents, teachers and learners that the government has put measures in place to ensure the assessments are conducted smoothly and fairly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KNEC has also strengthened security around examination materials to prevent cheating and ensure the credibility of the assessments across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The assessments mark an important stage in Kenya&#8217;s education system, with Grade 6 learners completing primary school assessments while Grade 9 candidates prepare to transition to senior school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Owen Chege More than 2.5 million Grade 6 and Grade 9 learners across Kenya&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=928"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":931,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928\/revisions\/931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}