Multiagency Team Ensures Fast-Tracking Of CBC Programme

Dr. Julius Jwan, the Principal Secretary for Basic Education, said the government was improving its ability to assess students online.KNEC’s Ann Ngatia stated that they are shifting their assessment focus away from national tests and toward formative assessment, which would focus on providing feedback to learners at various intervals throughout the learning process.“KNEC has developed a framework that is guiding the assessment of learners starting from basic education; from grade one to 12 and the teachers focus will be on classroom assessment so that they are able to nurture the talents that the learners have,” said Ngatia.She said that at the conclusion of grade three, they will administer the first formative assessment, known as the Kenya early year assessment or tracking learners’ development, and that KNEC will administer a standardized assessment to all schools across the country.“At grade four we are expecting KNEC to be giving a school based assessment which will be in the form of projects, practicals, portfolios, and oral assessment so that every learner stands a good chance to be able to demonstrate what they have learnt,” explained Ngatia.The same will be applied to grade five which will be the same in grade six but will include a summative assessment since this is the last year in primary school and this will be in a multiple choice kind of assessment in five papers composed of English, Mathematics, Kiswahili, Integrated Science, and creative arts and social sciences.Ngatia said that at the conclusion of grade three, they will administer the first formative assessment, known as the Kenya early year assessment or monitoring learners’ development, and that KNEC will administer a standardized assessment to all schools across the country.Ngatia stated that 60 percent of the grades will come from the school from grade three to grade six in order to establish the learners’ ability as they progress to junior secondary school, with the remaining 40 percent coming through summative assessment.ALSO READ:“The idea is about assessment that is focused beyond national examinations because we can be having a learner who is a genius in other areas and not in subjects like mathematics and the new CBC curriculum gives everybody a chance to explore their potential,” said Oguna.The new CBC curriculum, according to Oguna, is preparing Kenyan students to lead the country to the next level of growth.““Vision 2030 requires Kenyans who are skilled because we are developing in a global context and we need to give our learners the necessary competence to compete with their global counterparts,” said Oguna.Multiagency Team Ensures Fast-Tracking Of CBC Programme

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