Preparations for this year’s national examinations in Nyeri county are in top gear as the country prepares to see the first Grade six candidates sit for their first crucial assessment test.
Nyeri County Director of Education Sabina Aroni told KNA all measures in readiness for administering the three national examinations; Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE), Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and the Kenya Certificate of Primary School Assessment (KPSEA) are in place.
This week the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) officials have been conducting evaluation of teachers and officials who will be overseeing the administration of the exercise across the eight sub counties.
The examination officials have also been meeting with security officers and school heads who will play a crucial role in ensuring this year’s examinations are conducted in a conducive environment.
“Everything is in place. We were meeting with security teams and they have also confirmed they are availing security officers. The supervisors together with principals have been briefed. Afterwards the supervisors will brief the invigilators at the school level,” said Aroni.
According to Ms Aroni, the county has registered 15,789 Grade 6 candidates for KPSEA while a total of 16,538 candidates will write their KCPE this year.
In addition, Nyeri has registered a total of 17,763 candidates to sit for the KCSE this year.
The county director confirmed that according to the examination timetable provided by the Kenya National Examination council, this year’s KCSE will run until December 23.
“This group will be taking their examination from December 2 to December 23. They will have rehearsal first and then take examinations from December 2 when the main papers will be administered,” added Ms Aroni. Rehearsal for Grade Six learners is set to take place on November 25.
Nationally a total of 2,571,044 Grade 6 and Standard 8 will be taking their assessment and examinations beginning November 28 to November 30.
Approximately 1.2 million learners who will be assessed this year are set to join Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) in 2023 and will form the first batch of Grade 7 learners under the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC).
But to be eligible for admission into the Juniors Secondary school, Grade Six pupils will have to sit for the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment test that will be administered later in November.
The transition to the Junior Secondary School next year will put to test the ingenuity of the CBC curriculum that operates on a 2-6-3-3-3 system as opposed to the 8-4-4 system which is being phased out in a year’s time.
The CBC system will operate on a programme of two years in pre-primary, two years in lower primary, three years in upper primary, three years in senior secondary and three years in a tertiary institution.
