Stem the performance decline in KCPE exams
The stakeholders in the education sector deserve credit for pulling it off under extremely difficult circumstances.
It was noteworthy, however, that the performance in the top bracket of marks went down for the third straight year, and the absentee levels doubled compared to the pre-Covid exam of 2019.
The number of candidates scoring above 400 marks fell to 8,091 from 9,673 in 2019 and 11,599 in 2018.
Friday April 16 2021
By BUSINESS DAILY
The stakeholders in the education sector deserve credit for pulling it off under extremely difficult circumstances.
It was noteworthy, however, that the performance in the top bracket of marks went down for the third straight year, and the absentee levels doubled compared to the pre-Covid exam of 2019.
THE STANDARD
KENYA
Kaunda waren of Migori Primary celebrates after scoring 408 marks in the 2020 KCPE exam. [Caleb Kingwara, Standard]
Last year’s candidates who sat for the end of primary school exams braved the Covid-19 shockwave, lockdown and long closures to post better results than in 2019.
Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha paid glowing tribute to the 2020 class as accomplishers and strong-willed and dismissed those who predicted they would record massive failures as “doomsayers’ and shamed them.
In the results, public schools some of which are at the bottom of the poverty ladder and risked being hit hard by the challenges of virtual learning, produced 10 of the top 15 KCPE stars.
KCPE top scores drop on the back of lower marks in language, science
Friday April 16 2021
By LYNET IGADWAH
Summary
The results released by Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha Thursday show 8,091 candidates scored above 400 marks in the exam compared with 9,673 in 2019 and 11,559 in 2018 marking successive drops.
Candidates scored lower marks in half of the 10 papers, including English Language, Kiswahili Insha, Kenyan Sign Language Composition, Science and Social Studies.
Public schools outshone the private ones in the best rankings, taking 10 of the top 15 places.
The number of candidates who scored 400 marks and above in the 2020 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination dropped by 16.3 percent compared to the previous year, weighed down by lower performance in languages and Science.