Primary school teachers will conduct more than four exams during the second term, which started this week.
On teachers and students alike, pressure has increased as classes begin for the shortest second term.
Nearly three examinations should be taken in nine weeks by students using the Competency Based Curriculum and 8-4-4.
Grades 3, 4, and 5 learners will be evaluated beginning on July 18, according to a schedule issued by the Kenya National Examinations Council.
The timetable reads, “Schools will have access to Grade 4, 5, and 6 practical courses from July 18 to August 15, and they should be uploaded by September 16.”
The students’ understanding in agriculture, art and craft, music, social studies, home science, physical education, and science and technology will all be assessed.
Teachers will be required to provide written exams to Grade 6 students from August 29 to September 9 two weeks after this is over.
Before taking the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment in November, Grade 6 students will take this last exam.
Before the 8-4-4 system’s tests close on September 17, students should have taken three exams within that time.
The timetable indicates that Grade 3 students will take written exams in mathematics and English activities during the third term.
Between October 30 and November 11, special needs schooling at the foundational level will be put to the test in pre-literacy, communication, and daily living activities.
The timetable indicates that learners at the intermediate level in SNE will also be evaluated at the same time, with results being uploaded by November 24.
Other assessments must be submitted by November 28 in order for KPSEA administration to go smoothly.
Grades 4 and 5 will take written exams for all 12 subjects at the same time.
These include science, technology, English, Kiswahili, agriculture, home science, and Kenyan sign language.
Others include social studies, art and craft, physical and health education, and religious instruction in Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism.
The timeline, which was acknowledged by KNEC CEO David Njengere, also instructed that the evaluations be downloaded as soon as they appeared on the web.
According to Njengere, assessment materials containing colored graphics should be printed in color or stored onto the school’s digital devices.
Then, he explained, it would be up to the pupils to respond to the questions in their own answer books or separate answer sheets.
The KPSEA answer sheet sample that the author saw showed that there are several choices.
Students must provide the candidate’s name, school, school code, and assessment number.
They are asked to cross one option from four multiple-choice alternatives to represent the correct selection.
Next year, junior secondary is anticipated to welcome the pioneer cohort of CBC, who are now in Grade 6.
During the double intake in January, 2.57 million learners will be enrolled in Form 1 and Grade 7, according to the government.
