Gov’t Finally Unveils National Assessment for Junior Secondary Students
The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has begun preparations for the Grade 9 assessment, which will be completed by students in Junior Secondary School (JSS).
The national assessment will be known as the Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA).
Students with severe disabilities, on the other hand, will face a separate examination known as the Kenya Prevocational Learning Education Assessment (KPLEA).
As stated in the initial plan, the national assessment assessment scheduled for next year will account for a portion of the final score/assessment given to each student who completes the JSS.
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“The formative, which is the school-based assessment will contribute to 40 per cent of the total score. The summative (KJSEA and KPLEA) will contribute 60 per cent
“This means that in Grade 7 and Grade 8, these learners are sitting for the school-based assessments. This is a strategy for us to move away from a high-stakes exam that comes at the end of a cycle,” KNEC CEO David Njengere stated.
As part of the preparations for the assessment, KNEC will launch a study in schools across the country.
“Apart from the assessments, we are also going to collect the data from the learners the teachers and the headteachers so that we can establish the environmental and school-based factors as we prepare for the summative assessment,” he added.
Grade 8 students, the CBC’s pioneer class, will move on to Grade 9 next year after completing JSS.
After that, they will transfer to Senior Secondary Schools (SSS) in Grades 10, 11, and 12. At this point, students will choose their career paths.
“JSS level assessment shall be used for giving feedback on learning progress and identification of learner’s potential so as to guide in the selection of pathways in SSS.
“The assessment outcomes from both formative and summative assessments shall contribute to the final reporting at the end of Grade 9 at a ratio to be determined by KNEC,” the Ministry of Education notes in its JSS guidelines.
Gov’t Finally Unveils National Assessment for Junior Secondary Students
