KCPE, Grade Six National Exams Kick Off

On Monday, November 28^th, over 2.5 candidates in primary schools across Kenya have begun their grade six and class eight national examinations

The Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) tests will Of the 2, 531, 785 candidates 1,244, 188 will sit for KCPE exams while 1, 287,597 are the first lot to sit KPSEA exams, under the new Competence Based Curriculum (CBC).

Today, class 8 candidates will be sitting for Mathematics, English language, and Composition tests. Their grade six counterparts will sit for Mathematics and English.

Education officials are working on ways to enable learners in areas affected by floods and insecurity to sit for their exams.

Standard 8 candidates will sit Mathematics, English language, and Composition papers. On Tuesday they will have Science, Kiswahili, and Insha.

And on the final day, they will have Social Studies and Religious Education papers. Grade 6 pupils will start with Mathematics as the first paper and English on Monday.

On Tuesday, the learners will be assessed in Integrated Science and Kiswahili. The maiden assessment will end on Wednesday with Creative Arts and Social Studies.

For Grade 6, the subjects have been clustered into five Integrated Sciences containing Science and Technology, Agriculture, Home Science, and Physical Health.

Creative Arts and Social Studies include Social studies, Christian, Islamic and Hindu education, arts and crafts, and music.

Summative assessments contribute 60 percent while the two school-based assessments contribute 20 percent each. Unlike in the KCPE exams where candidates are rated out of 100 percent, KPSEA will account for only 40 percent of the final score.

The other 60 percent will come from the classroom-based continuous assessment tests conducted in Grades 4, 5, and 6.

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