Last reviewed: 24 October 2026
Friday 30 October 2026 is the last day of the Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA). After four days of papers, many Grade 9 candidates are tired by Friday, and it is easy to ease off. Yet three papers still count, including the second Integrated Science paper. This guide sets out what is sat and how to finish strongly.
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Day 5 Papers and Times
The KNEC 2026 KJSEA Timetable and Instructions lists:
- 912/1 Pre-Technical Studies: 8.30 to 10.10 am (1 hour 40 minutes).
- 908 Christian Religious Education (CRE), 909 Islamic Religious Education (IRE) or 910 Hindu Religious Education (HRE): 11.10 am to 12.40 pm (1 hour 30 minutes). Each learner sits only one.
- 905/2 Integrated Science paper 2: 2.00 to 3.00 pm (1 hour).
Braille candidates get 2 hours 10 minutes for Pre-Technical Studies, 2 hours for each religious education paper, and 1 hour 30 minutes for Integrated Science paper 2. Full details are on our KJSEA 2026 timetable page.
Pre-Technical Studies
This learning area covers practical and technical thinking: safety, tools, materials, drawing and basic business ideas. The Pre-Technical Studies project (912/2) was done in school in July 2026 and already counts towards the result. In the written paper, learners should:
- Name tools and safety rules precisely.
- Draw neatly with a ruler and pencil where a sketch is needed.
- Answer “why” questions with a clear reason.
Religious Education
Each candidate sits the religious education paper they are registered for. Questions often ask for lessons from a teaching or story and how they apply to daily life. Specific examples from the learner’s own experience, family or community make answers stronger than general statements.
Integrated Science Paper 2
This one-hour paper comes at the end of the week, and it counts together with paper 1 from Thursday. Short papers reward focus: read each question fully, watch units, and use the whole hour rather than finishing early and leaving.
Staying Sharp on the Last Day
- Treat Friday morning like Monday: the same wake-up time, breakfast and kit check.
- Remember that every paper counts equally in its own learning area.
- Keep the rules in mind to the very end. A phone found on the last afternoon carries the same penalty as one found on the first morning.
A Word on Projects
Two of Friday’s learning areas, Pre-Technical Studies and Integrated Science, sit alongside project or practical work that KNEC built into the assessment. If your child missed any project work earlier in the year, talk to the school now. It cannot be made up after the written papers, but the school is the right place to raise any concern with KNEC.
When It Is Over
Once the last paper ends, let your child celebrate. They have finished junior school’s national assessment. Results feed into senior school placement on a 60:20:20 basis with school-based assessment and KPSEA. For the steps that follow, read what happens after KJSEA and our senior school placement guide. You can also start looking up schools in the Senior School Finder, which covers all 9,569 public senior schools.
One Last Practice
If your child wants a quick warm-up on Thursday night, the first five questions of every Pre-Technical Studies and religious education paper are free on our revision papers page. Full papers sit in the Monthly Pass at KSh 500, paid by M-Pesa.
Ten-minute check: try the free Grade 9 CBC Challenge. It has 10 questions, each marked on the spot with the working, and it shows which topics to practise next.