All the Grade 6 learners started their national written tests today Monday 29th August 2022.
It comes after Knec made availed the assessment
materials on the portal for schools to download and ensure administration
of the same.
However, a number of schools may start later depending
on their preparations and readiness.
Equally, the dates for schools to download and upload the
results stand.
As per the KNEC directives on a circular, all
schools have till the 9th of September to download and administer the
written assessment tests.
In addition, after all the tests are done schools will also
have till the 16th of September to upload the learner's scores onto a Knec online portal.
As of now, all Grade 6 learners have already done
their projects and practicals which are also part of this national assessment.
Grade 6 practical activity was as follows:
- In
Art and Craft was about making a marrionete as in Home science it was about
Stewing tests.
- Under
music, it was about Performing a folk song.
- Under
Science and Technology, it was about Modeling a circulatory system.
- Under
PE it was about Front crawl in Swimming, Rope skipping and two handed
catch in Handball.
All Schools are required to upload the project and practical
work on the Knec portal by 16th September.
Under this summative assessment just like it will be
in November, Knec will assess the thirteen subjects offered at Upper Primary
level using five papers of multiple choice questions constituted as follows:
- Mathematics;
- English
Language;
- Kiswahili
/ Kenyan Sign Language;
- Integrated Science (combines 4 subjects):
- Science
and Technology;
- Agriculture;
- Home
Science;
- Physical
and Health Education.
- Creative Arts and Social Studies (combines 4 subjects):
- Social
Studies;
- Christian
Religious Education/Islamic Religious Education/Hindu Religious
Education;
- Art
and Craft;
- Music.
These learners again will sit for their final exam
in primary in November this year. The exam will be known as Kenya Primary
School Education Assessment (KPSEA).
All the Primary school results will be determined by the
School Based Assessment (SBA), which is done every year in the upper primary
classes and the five-subject summative national examination.
These learners will have a 60 per cent of the score
coming from SBA spread over Grade Four, Five and Six and 40 per cent from the
summative report.
The school-based evaluation are done in form of projects,
practicals, portfolios and oral assessments to allow learners to demonstrate
what they have learnt, these are executed by the classroom teachers guided by
Knec.
The Grade 6 learners will study a number of subjects when
they join junior secondary school in January next year.
All Grade 6 learners will join junior secondary in January
after sitting their final KPSEA exams in primary school this year.
Note that the Junior secondary comprise of Grade 7, 8 and 9. Here are the compulsory and optional subjects in junior secondary.
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