Grade 10 CBC Milestone: 1.2 Million Learners Enter Senior Secondary

In January 2026, Kenya crossed a historic educational threshold as more than 1.2 million learners — the country's very first Competency-Based Curriculum cohort — transitioned from Grade 9 into Grade 10, the opening year of Senior Secondary School. Learners were streamed into four distinct subject clusters shaping their academic and career trajectories.

Streaming Into Four Subject Clusters

When KJSEA results were released in late 2025, they activated the streaming process placing each learner into one of four clusters: C1 (Sciences and Mathematics), C2 (Social Sciences and Humanities), C3 (Arts and Sports Sciences), and C4 (Career and Technical Education). The government committed to constructing 1,600 new physical science laboratories and 2,000 virtual labs nationwide.

What Comes Next

The pioneer CBC cohort is expected to sit the Kenya Secondary School Certificate Examination in 2028. KICD will release revised assessment guides each semester, and the Ministry of Education has committed to quarterly infrastructure progress reports.