Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha said his ministry is working on logistics for the smooth transition of grade six learners to junior secondary schools.
There are only five months left for grade six learners to sit for their assessments. However, it is still unclear how the learners will be placed in junior secondary schools.
The Kenya Primary School Education Assessment starting November 28 targets almost 1.24 million learners.
While speaking at Mwiki Secondary School where he launched a CBC classroom on Monday, June 6, Magoha stated that, the process of how children are going to apply for junior secondary is still being worked on, adding that, the ministry of education will ensure all grade six learners are advised on how to apply for the schools and where to go.
Magoha further reported that CBC seeks to do away with competition seen during secondary school selection and the usual aggressive competition will have to wait until year 9, which is senior school.
Concerning construction of CBC classrooms, Magoha said the second phase will be launched before the end of this week. The first phase, has seen the construction of 6,497 classrooms countrywide, and is currently 98 per cent complete.
“We will have another 3,500 classrooms being constructed in the second phase before I leave,” he said.
Nonetheless, according to the timetable released by the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) candidates will be assessed in five papers for three days until November 30, 2022. The rehearsals are set for November 25.
On the first day of the national exams, learners will tackle Mathematics and English followed by Integrated Science (Science and Technology, Agriculture, Home Science and Physical and Health Education). Kiswahili will come on the second day while Art and Craft, Music and Religious Education will be done on the third and final day, in the Creative Art and Social Studies subject.
Moreover, contrasting to KCPE exams where candidates are rated out of 100 per cent, the KPSEA will account for only 40 per cent of the final score. The remaining 60 per cent will come from the classroom-based continuous assessment tests conducted in Grades 4,5 and 6.
