MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
State Department for Basic Education
Office of the Principal Secretary
MOE.CONF/G/6/31/VOL. III/17
Date: 5th November, 2025
All County Directors of Education
RE: NOTICE ON THE 2026 ELIMU SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME
The Ministry of Education in the year 2026 will offer Elimu Scholarships to needy and vulnerable learners, including those with special needs and disabilities, who are sitting for the Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA).
The Elimu Scholarship Programme aims to promote equitable access to quality secondary education across the country.
The scholarships will be awarded to learners who meet the specified eligibility criteria and secure admission to Public Senior Schools,
Details of the selection criteria and application process will be communicated through newspapers (My Gov’), County Education Offices, Sub-County Education Offices, radio broadcasts, and official social media platforms.
You are tequired to inform all Heads of Institutions (HOIs) so that they inform the Candidates and parents of Grade 9 learners to be on the lookout for the official announcement and to ensure that eligible learners apply once the advertisement is made.
The advertisement will be made immediately after the release of the KJSEA results.
Amb. (Prof.) Julius Bitok, CBS
Principal Secretary
CC: All Regional Directors of Education
Please let me know through this email,I have a very bright daughter
Hope the exercise will be conducted with transparency.
I have a daughter
Must be also very needy.
I have a daughter
Good initiative..only beneficial if implemented
Hi am a candidate of kjsea and I would like to know more about this am waiting your answers and I appreciate your support
Thanks for this….. I have a son who has done his KJSEA.
I have a son very bright hope he will be considered
Hope for hopeless , I have a dougher
I have a daughter she’s finished grad 9 this year. on January i need your help am single mother and she’s very bright
I have a daughter she’s finished grad 9 please I need your help on January please she’s very bright
I have a daughter she’s finished grand 9 please I need your help on January please she’s very bright
Am a grade 9 candidate from Marsabit county and aims for a bright future to change the nation ,it will be honour to accept our scholarship, Thank you for your time