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Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE)

120 Narok KCPE and KCSE Candidates Reportedly Pregnant

Join Our Telegram Group Narok County Commissioner Isaac Masinde has revealed that more than 120 girls who are set to sit for their national examinations this year are already pregnant. According to Masinde, the ongoing rise in adolescent pregnancies in the county was an alarming issue and he called on stakeholders to be vigilant in […]

CBC Examinations to be Marked Electronically

Join Our Telegram Group The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has revealed that the upcoming Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) national examination will be marked using new technology and teachers will not be involved in the exercise. KNEC acquired Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) machines which will electronically score the Grade 6 […]

KNEC Issues Circular on Schools with Less Than 30 KPSEA, KCPE And KCSE Candidates

Join Our Telegram Group The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has issued a circular with important information concerning schools that have less than thirty (30) KPSEA, KCPE and KCSE candidates. The following is the full circular: KNEC/EA/EWKCPE/KPSEA/KCSE/HOS/CENTRES/2022/015 i) All Heads of Primary and Secondary Schools Presenting Candidates for 2022 KPSEA; KCPE and KCSE examinations. ii) […]

Grade Six Learners Given Deadline for Selecting Junior Secondary Schools

The Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha has revealed that Grade Six learners are required to select 12 schools for the Junior Secondary School (JSS) level. Through a circular that was distributed to schools, students will be required to choose between national, regional, county, sub-county and private schools in the selection process. According to […]

KNEC: 2020 KCSE and KCPE Certificates Have Been Sent To Schools

The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has announced that both the 2020 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and the Kenya Certificate of Secondary School Education (KCSE) certificates have been dispatched o schools for collection. In a notice sent to students, the national examinations body urged students who sat for the 2020 national examinations to […]

Term Two to be extended to Compensate for Lost Time

The education calendar for Kenyan schools for term two will be extended to cover the time lost due to activities related to the recently-held general elections. The Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association (KSSHA) National Chairperson Kahi Indimuli has revealed that the government is set to extend the timeline for the second term to allow Kenya […]

Primary School Headteachers Hold Workshops to Improve Performance in Maths and Social Studies

Primary school headteachers in Meru held workshops with the aim of improving the performance of pupils in Mathematics and Social Studies. The school heads belonging to the Kenya Primary Schools Heads Association held capacity-building workshops at Igembe, Tigania and Imenti with teachers handling those subjects brought together. According to KEPSHA-Meru Chairperson Bernard Kiraguh, the workshops […]

KUPPET asks for Government Support for Private Schools in CBC Transition

The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) has called on the government to assist private schools in building enough classrooms with the transition of learners to Junior Secondary School looming. According to KUPPET’s Secretary-General Akello Misori, the construction of classrooms and the preparations for transition should be elaborate to avoid subjecting education to […]

KNEC to Pay 2021 KCSE Invigilators and Supervisors

Teachers who were involved in the 2021 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination are set to be paid their dues after waiting for a long time. This was after Bomet Centra Member of Parliament (MP) Ronald Tonui inquired why the teachers had not yet been paid in the National Assembly. The MP also wanted […]

Factors to be used to Place Grade 6 learners Junior Secondary Revealed

The Ministry of Education has revealed methods that will be used when placing Grade 6 learners in junior secondary schools in January 2022. Grade 6 learners shall sit for their final examinations at the primary school level in the month of November this year before transitioning to junior secondary school at Grade 7. The Kenya […]

JKF Awards Kshs. 22.2 Million Scholarship to 148 Students

The Jomo Kenyatta Foundation (JKF) has awarded 148 students who sat for the 2021 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) scholarships to boost their education. Beneficiaries of the Kshs. 22.2 Million scholarships have been selected from 47 counties across the country. During the awards of the scholarship, the Ministry of Education (MoE) Chief Administrative Secretary […]