THE STANDARD
EDUCATION
A teacher at a Standard Eight classroom at Kisii primary school. [Sammy Omingo,Standard]
After a 10-month Covid-19 imposed holiday, an estimated eight million primary school learners will this morning start a national assessment.
The week-long assessment is being administered by the Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec), but unlike other conventional examinations, there will be no ranking of learners according to the grades they score.
A circular released by Acting Knec Chief Executive Officer Mercy Karogo says the assessments will be administered up to Friday.
The learners’ assessment programme is part of the Sh1.5 billion Global Partnership for Education (GPE) boost towards the government’s schools reopening preparations.
THE STANDARD By
Augustine Oduor |
January 9th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Pupils observe Covid-19 guidelines by social distancing. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]
Education stakeholders say the prolonged closure of schools may have resulted in learning losses, which may be unearthed by the evaluation.
Over 30,000 schools have up to the end of next week to prepare children for mass assessments to evaluate learners’ understanding of subjects, 10 months after closure of schools.
The Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec) said the Learning Continuity in Basic Education (LCBE) assessments should be administered two weeks after reopening.
“These assessments will be administered from January 18 to 22,” said Knec acting Chief Executive Officer Mercy Karogo.
THE STANDARD
Activist Okiya Omtatah challenging the use of the late Mzee JomoKenyatta statute on the new currency. [File, Standard]
As Kenyans usher in the New Year and the political destiny largely lies in the hands of President Uhuru Kenyatta, Deputy President William Ruto and ODM leader Raila Odinga will likely play a key role in shaping the upcoming events.
While the President and Raila are fully committed to the passage of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report, Dr Ruto has been of a contrary view on the urgency to change the Constitution.
With a new party, United Democratic Alliance (UDA) linked to Ruto in the offing, according to his allies, it remains to be seen how he will navigate the stormy water in his ruling Jubilee Party and the place of Jubilee Asili Centre, a parallel office he opened in June.
THE STANDARD By
Augustine Oduor |
December 13th 2020 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Class 8 pupils at Tassia Primary School in Nairobi during in an examination. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]
With only 10 weeks to national examinations when learning resumes next month, the government is rushing to ensure a level playing field for all candidates.
Preparations for KCPE and KCSE national exams for the 1.9 million candidates have been stepped up as second term comes to an end in two weeks.
The Sunday Standard has established that the examinations are being moderated to accommodate all learners due to effects of Covid-19 that resulted in serious disruptions of learning and syllabus coverage.