Over 1.5 million Class 8 and one million Grade 6 candidates are set to start the rehearsals for their national exams today ahead of the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education and Kenya Primary School Education Assessment slated to begin on Monday, and end on Wednesday, November 1.
The ministry of education has noted a significant increase of 13.74 per cent in 2023 when compared to 2022 in the class 8 candidature attributable to the fact that the KCPE examination is being administered for the last time in marking the end of the 8-4-4 system in primary schools.
KPSEA, the assessment will be done to monitor learner achievement and not the placement of candidates Unlike in KCPE exams where candidates are rated out of 100 per cent, KPSEA only accounts for 40 per cent of the final score.
The other 60 per cent comes from classroom-based continuous assessment tests conducted in Grades 4, 5 and 6.
Kenya National Examination Council CEO David NjengEre is set to visit Athi River Primary School in Nairobi to oversee the start of the rehearsals which will be happening across the country.