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Knec grade 4 assessments 2021- Full details

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The 2020 grade 4 learners are set to sit formative tests that will account for 20% of the final grade 6 assessment. This is according to the latest circular by the Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec).

As recommended in the report of the Task force on ‘Enhancing Access, Relevance,
Transition, Equity and Quality for Effective Curriculum Reforms Implementation which
was released by H.E. the President of the Republic of Kenya on 9th February 2021, formative assessments for Grades 4, 5 and 6 are expected to account for 60% of the
National Assessment at the end of Grade 6. Learners at the Intermediate Level of the
stage-based curriculum pathway will also be assessed for the purposes of tracking
learners’ progress and informing transition to pre-vocation level.

In this regard, schools are expected to submit assessment outcomes of learners who are currently in Grade 4 to the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC), which will contribute to 20% of the final Grade 6 assessment.

To guide the process, KNEC will be uploading the 2020 Grade 4 Age Based and Intermediate Level Stage Based assessment tools by 7th March 2021 for schools to access and use. The tools will cover the following subjects:

Age Based Curriculum (Regular) Pathway:

  1. Mathematics;
  2. Social Studies;
  3. English;
  4. Christian Religious Education (CRE);
  5. Kiswahili;
  6. Islamic Religious Education (IRE);
  7. Kenyan Sign Language;
  8. Hindu Religious Education (HRE);
  9. Science and Technology;
  10. Home Science;
  11. Agriculture;
  12. Physical and Health Education.
  13. Music; and
  14. Art and Craft;

Stage Based Curriculum Pathway:

  1. Communication, Social and Literacy Skills;
  2. Daily Living Skills and Religious Education;
  3. Numeracy Activities;
  4. Creative Activities;
  5. Environmental Activities;
  6. Psychomotor Activities; and
  7. Sensory Motor Integration.

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The 2020 Grade 4 learners will not be assessed in indigenous and foreign languages  awaiting guidelines on implementation of the same.

Knec expects Schools  to download and administer the assessment tools;  score; and  upload the Grade 4 learners’ assessment scores on the KNEC Competency  Based Assessment portal (cba.knec.ac.ke) between 9th and 19th March 2021.

The materials required for performing the assessment tasks should be improvised as much as possible within the immediate school environment.

Schools will not be expected to upload learners’ biodata afresh since this data was uploaded during administration of Grade 3 MLP assessment. Schools will however be allowed to edit the following details for learners if need arises:

  1. Name of the learner;
  2. Correct order of name;
  3. Gender of the learner;
  4. Birth Certificate Number;
  5. Date of birth of the learner;
  6. Nationality/Citizenship of the learner;
  7. Type of Special Needs and Disability;
  8. Pathway (Age Based or Stage Based).

In case of any other amendments such as deletion/transfer cases, new enrollments or any other amendment on the existing learners’ details apart from the ones listed above, the school will be expected to contact the Sub County Director of Education (SCDE) or KNEC. The SCDEs shall be given rights to access the Grade Four Portal and effect transfer(s), add new learners, delete or effect amendments of learner’s bio data.

KNEC will issue each learner in the database with an assessment number (Unique Identifier Number) automatically generated by the KNEC ICT system. This number will be used to identify the learner during future assessments. Schools will be expected to inform parents and learners of their Assessment numbers, which shall be used throughout their basic education cycle for KNEC assessments.

HOW TO ACCESS THE KNEC ASSESSMENT PORTAL (cba.knec.ac.ke)

To access the assessment portal, head-teachers are expected to:

  1. Visit the KNEC website and click on the link ‘cba.knec.ac.ke’.
  2. Log in using the KNEC School Code as the Username and the Password used during MLP Grade 3 registration and click ‘grade four’.

Head-teachers are requested to keep all records generated from the assessment as evidence for use in quality assurance.

It should be noted that for the 2020 Grade 4 cohort, School Based Assessment (SBA) will constitute 20% of the Formative Assessment. However, going forward, from the 2021 Grade 4 cohort.

Teachers will develop and administer Classroom Assessment (CA) and keep a progress record of the learner’s performance in all subjects. Teachers will then upload the CA scores on the KNEC portal as shall be guided. This will account for 10%.

Knec will develop the SBA tools and upload them online for teachers to use. Schools will download, administer and score the SBA tools. Teachers will then upload the SBA scores on the Knec portal as shall be guided. This will account for 10%.

Grade 4 formative assessment (20%) will comprise CA (10%) and SBA (10%).

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How moderation/ standardization of KCPE results is done

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KCPE RESULTS MODERATION PROCESS- You probably must be wondering how standardization of the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination results is done. Well. The process of moderating KCPE scores is quite straight forward and well documented.

Standardization of the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) Examination

BACKGROUND

The Kenya Certificate of Primary Education   (KCPE)   examination is primarily a Norm   Referenced (N.R) examination which   compares candidates’   performance to that   of other candidates taking   the examination.

Standardization of raw marks to standard   marks in   the KCPE examination is a   process that involves   adjusting the raw   marks for each paper in the   examination to allow for differences in   difficulty and extent to which marks scatter.

In this process, the difficulty among the   papers is   measured in terms of the mean   raw marks scored by all candidates, while   the differences in scatter are measured in   terms of the standard deviation.

Standardization entails converting the raw   marks of   each paper in the KCPE   examination so that the mean and   standard deviations of each of the papers   are   identical.

For the KCPE examination, the   expected   mean is 50 with a standard deviation of 15   for a paper marked out of 100.

See also: How KCSE results are moderated/ standardized.

FORMULA FOR KCPE STANDARDIZATION STANDARDIZATION

For standardization to a mean of 50 and Standard Deviation of 15 the formula is as follows:

  Where:

  XSD = Standard Scores

  X    = Raw mark obtained by   Candidate

  M   = Mean raw mark

  SD = Standard deviation of raw marks

EXAMPLE ON KCPE STANDARDIZATION IS CARRIED OUT

Examination Raw Paper / Subject Means and Standard Deviations

Paper Name Paper Mean Paper Standard Deviation Subject Mean Subject

Standard Deviation
English Objective 24.56 07.05 99.01 24.76
English Composition 17.08 07.04
Kiswahili Objective 26.38 06.34 99.02 23.93
Kiswahili Insha 20.12 07.36
Mathematics 26.90 10.26 26.90 10.26
Science 29.82 08.94 29.82 08.94
Social Studies 38.96 09.57 58.50 13.48
Religious Education 18.03 04.48

 

Examination Raw Scores for the Five (05) Candidates & Aggregate Scores based on Percentages

Candidate’s Raw Marks total based on % raw marks

(out of 500)
English kiswahili maths scie ssre
 obj. comp. obj. insha ss re
1. 48 37 44 37 50 48 59 25 473
2. 46 39 44 38 49 47 58 27 471
3. 45 37 46 38 49 47 60 24 469
4. 46 35 45 38 50 48 57 25 469
5. 42 38 43 38 49 49 57 28 468

 

Standardised Scores for the  Five (05) Candidates & Aggregate Scores as shown in the previous table.

CANDIDATES’ SUBJECT STANDARDIZED SCORES Total Standardized Score

(out of 500)
English Kiswahili Maths Science SSRE
1. 99 93 83 80 79 434
2. 99 94 82 78 81 434
3. 96 97 82 78 80 433
4. 96 96 83 80 78 433
5. 94 93 82 82 81 432

 

RATIONALE FOR THE   STANDARDIZATION OF   RAW MARKS TO   STANDARD MARKS IN THE   KCPE   EXAMINATION

Standard scores are a measure of relative   performance and have the ability to tell us   how a candidate or a group of candidates have   performed in comparison to other candidates   while raw marks cannot;

Standard scores are essential when results   from different papers must be combined to   give an overall   total, as is the case of the   KCPE examination. Standard scores are useful   for comparing relative performance of a   candidate or group of candidates from subject   to subject and from year to year.

Once the raw marks have been   standardized,   the cut-off marks for all   grades from Grade A to Grade E   are identical for all subjects and   are   the same from year to year.

When scores are standardized, the   relative positions   of candidates remain   unchanged, the top candidate in each   subject remains at the top;

Standard scores always convey the   relative   performance of a candidate   relative to other   candidates sitting   the same examination;

Standard scores are essential if marks   from several   papers are to be added to   give a total score, and it is   desired   that each paper should contribute   equally to the total score.

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KNEC PORTAL FOR KCPE RESULTS

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THE KNEC CONTRACTED PROFESSIONALS PORTAL

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KNEC EXAMINERS LOGIN PORTAL

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THE KNEC LCBE PORTAL

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Download the revised, final copy of the 2021 KCPE exams timetable from the official Knec website here; Official KCPE 2021 KCPE exams timetable download.

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KCPE 2021-2022 Exams, Time table

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2021 KCPE EXAMINATION TIMETABLE & INSTRUCTIONS

1.0 TIMINGS OF PAPERS IN THE 2021 KCPE EXAMINATION AND INSTRUCTIONS TO SUPERVISORS, INVIGILATORS & CANDIDATES

Download the 2021 KCPE Official Knec Time Table Here.

The time allowed for each paper is indicated against the name of the paper and NO EXTRA TIME IS TO BE ALLOWED.

Time for reading through questions is part of the time shown on the question paper except where special paper instructions indicate otherwise.

Supervisors and Invigilators should ensure that candidates are issued with personalized mark sheets that bear their correct names and index numbers.

2.0 DAYS, DATES, SESSIONS AND DURATION OF 2021 KCPE EXAMINATION PAPERS

2.1 FRIDAY: 04.03.2022: REHEARSAL DAY

2.2 DAY 1: MONDAY: 07.03.2022

  • 8.30 am − 10.30 am 1 Mathematics 2 hours
  • 8.30 am − 10.30 am 2 Mathematics (Large Print) 2 hours
  • 8.30 am – 11.00 am 3 Mathematics (Braille) 2 hours 30 minutes
  • 11.00 am – 11.30 am BREAK 30 minutes
  • 11.30 am − 1.10 pm 4 English Section A − Language 1 hour 40 minutes
  • 11.30 am − 1.10 pm 5 English Section A − Language (Large Print) 1 hour 40 minutes
  • 11.30 am − 1.30 pm 6 English Section A− Language (Hearing Impaired) 2 hours
  • 11.30 am − 1.40 pm 7 English Section A – Language (Braille) 2 hours 10 minutes
  • 1.40 pm – 2.30 pm BREAK 50 minutes
  • 2.30 pm − 3.10 pm 8 English Section B − Composition 40 minutes
  • 2.30 pm − 3.10 pm 9 English Section B – Composition (Large Print) 40 minutes
  • 2.30 pm – 3.20 pm 10 English Section B −Composition (Hearing
    Impaired) 50 minutes
  • 2.30 pm – 3.20 pm 11 English Section B – Composition (Braille) 50 minutes

2.3 DAY 2: TUESDAY: 08.03.2022

  • 8.30 am – 10.10 am 12 Science 1 hour 40 minutes
  • 8.30 am – 10.10 am 13 Science (Large Print) 1 hour 40 minutes
  • 8.30 am – 10.40 am 14 Science Braille 2 hours 10 minutes
  • 10.40 am – 11.10 am BREAK 30 minutes
  • 11.10 am – 12.50 pm 15 Kiswahili Lugha 1 hour 40 minutes
  • 11.10 am – 12.50 pm 16 Kiswahili Lugha (Large Print) 1 hour 40 minutes
  • 11.10 am – 12.50 pm 17 Kenyan Sign Language – Section A 1 hour 40 minutes
  • 11.10 am – 1.20 pm 18 Kiswahili Lugha (Braille) 2 hours 10 minutes
  • 1.20 pm – 2.10 pm BREAK 50 minutes
  • 2.10 pm – 2.50 pm 19 Kiswahili Insha 40 minutes
  • 2.10 pm – 2.50 pm 20 Kiswahili Insha (Large Print) 40 minutes
  • 2.10 pm – 2.50 pm 21 Kenyan Sign Language Section B Composition 40 minutes
  • 2.10 pm – 3.00 pm 22 Kiswahili Insha (Braille) 50 minutes

2.4 DAY 3 WEDNESDAY: 09.03.2022

  • 8.30 am – 10.45 am 23 Social Studies and R.E 2 hours 15 minutes
  • 8.30 am – 10.45 am 24 Social Studies and R.E (Large Print) 2 hours 15 minutes
  • 8.30 am – 11.15 am 25 Social Studies and R.E (Braille) 2 hours 45 minutes

3.0 NOTE:

The Kenyan Sign Language papers should be taken only by candidates with Hearing Impairment (HI).

4.0 INSTRUCTIONS AND GUIDELINES TO SUPERVISORS, TEACHERS AND CANDIDATES

4.1 INSTRUCTIONS TO SUPERVISORS AND INVIGILATORS

Supervisors and invigilators should call the attention of the candidates to the Instructions/Guidelines and adhere to them.

They should also ensure that candidates are issued with personalized answer sheets that have their correct names and index numbers.

4.2 INSTRUCTIONS TO TEACHERS

TEACHERS are advised to ensure that candidates clearly understand the instructions given below and are aware of the penalties for examination irregularities or misconduct. Candidates are required to follow these instructions carefully.

4.3 INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

  • 4.3.1 Avail yourself for searching outside the examination room and be seated at your desk/table 15 minutes before the time scheduled for the paper. Morning sessions will start at 8.30 a.m.
  • 4.3.2 A candidate who arrives late will be required to give a satisfactory reason to the Supervisor. Only in exceptional circumstances will a paper be given to any candidate who is more than half an hour late. Punctuality should be observed for all papers.
  • 4.3.3 Ensure that your name and index number have been written and crossed correctly on the answer sheet.
  • 4.3.4 Check to ensure that each page of your question paper is printed.

4.4 CAUTION TO CANDIDATES

4.4.1 You are not allowed to leave the examination room before the end of the period allocated to the paper except with special permission from the Supervisor.

NO CANDIDATE SO PERMITTED TO LEAVE MAY TAKE A QUESTION PAPER OR ANSWER SHEET/SCRIPT OUT OF THE EXAMINATION ROOM.

4.4.2 Do not leave a sheet of paper you have written on or your answers in such a position that another candidate can read them.

You should not give or obtain unfair assistance, or attempt to do so, whether by copying or in any other way, and your work should not show proof of such unfair assistance.

4.4.3 No communication whatsoever in whatever manner between candidates or with outsiders is allowed during the examination.

4.4.4 You are not allowed to have in your possession or in your proximity while in the examination room, any book, notes, papers or any other materials whatsoever except the correct question papers and any materials expressly authorized by the Kenya National Examinations Council.

4.4.5 You must return immediately to the Supervisor any question paper that has smudges, has errors or is badly printed.

4.4.6 You must not take any used or unused paper out of the examination room. Any rough work must be done on the official question paper.

4.4.7 Any misconduct or causing of disturbance in or near the examination room will be treated as an examination irregularity.

4.4.8 Cell phones or any other electronic communication device are prohibited in examination centres. Any candidate caught in possession of a cell phone/any other electronic communication device will have his/her results cancelled.

4.5 PENALTY FOR EXAMINATION IRREGULARITIES

4.5.1 The KNEC Act No. 29 of 2012 Offences and Penalties stated in Sections 27 to 40 for cases of examination irregularities will apply. Some of the highlights in these Sections state that:

4.5.1.1 A candidate who commits an examination irregularity in any paper will have the results for the WHOLE SUBJECT cancelled.
Such a candidate will not be entitled to a result for the subject. This will be reflected as (00).

4.5.1.2 If there is evidence of wide-spread irregularities in any examination centre, the examination results for the whole centre will be cancelled.

4.5.1.3 Any person who:

a) gains access to examination material and knowingly reveals the contents, whether orally or in writing, to an unauthorized party, whether a candidate or not, will be in violation of Section 27of the Act and the penalty will be imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years, or a fine not exceeding two million shillings or both;

b) willfully and maliciously damages examination material will be in violation of Section 30 of the Act and the penalty will be imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or a fine not exceeding five million shillings or both;

c) is not registered to take a KNEC examination but, with intent to impersonate, presents or attempts to present himself to take the part of an enrolled candidate will be in violation of Section 31 of the Act, and shall be guilty of an offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine not exceeding two million shillings or both and shall be prohibited from taking an examination conducted by or on behalf of the Council for a period of three years.

4.5.2 Please ensure that you do not commit any examination irregularity to avoid having your results cancelled.

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CS Magoha issues instructions to Knec contracted professionals ahead of the KCSE, KCPE exams

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SPEECH BY PROF. GEORGE A. O. MAGOHA, EGH, CABINET SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DURING THE LAUNCH OF 2020 NATIONAL EXAMINATION PERIOD AND ISSUING OF CONTAINER SECURITY PADLOCKS AT KENYA SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT ON THURSDAY 4TH FEBRUARY 2021

It is my honour and pleasure to launch the 2020 national examinations and officiate the issuing of security padlocks for the 479 containers to the Deputy County Commissioners and the Sub County Directors of Education today ahead of this year’s KCPE and KCSE.

As part of the Multi-sectoral Approach to the administration of national examinations, we are all assembled here this morning because the success or failure of this important exercise depends on all of us.

And since we have no option for failure, I urge all of us to firmly commit that we will play our roles with lots of military precision to ensure we achieve the highest levels of success in this examinations.

I wish to thank my fellow Cabinet Secretaries from the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government and Ministry of ICT, Innovation and Youth Affairs for the joint effort and sacrifice that has been put towards supporting the provision of credible examinations in this country over the last four years. Because of this, we managed to stamp out the bad practice of leaking national examinations.

This year is, however, much different from the previous years given that we are operating in the COVID-19 era. As a result, I am urging all those who will be involved in the examinations administration to strictly comply with the Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 protocols, which we have been enforcing in schools since the resumption of studies.

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Particularly, I wish to stress that:

  1. No Centre Manager should turn up at any examination container to collect or drop off
    examinations without wearing a face mask;
  2. All officials who attend to services at the examination centres must use sanitizer or wash their hands before being allowed to handle examination materials.
  3. At examination centres, all examination officials must wash their hands or sanitize before they can open examination scripts for distribution to candidates.
  4. All examination officials must regularly use sanitiser or wash their hands before frisking candidates ahead of the start of examination sittings.

At the Ministry of Education, I have today recalled all officers who were on leave right from the Sub-County Level to Jogoo House. All of us will be on duty on all days during the examinations season to ensure everything goes on as planned.

In liaison with all Ministries and Departments, we are prepared to steer a nationwide exercise in all parts of the country to ensure smooth running of the examinations.

To this end, I urge all of us to be mindful of our candidates, some of whom are in one way or the other affected by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. We must all take cognizant of the environment of the 2020 examinations and give hope to all candidates by assuring them that none of them will be disadvantaged in the examination process.

The Ministry is also aware of plans that some centre managers are planning to retain teachers employed by the Board of Management (BOM) in schools to aid in cheating. The examination centres with such plans have been identified and are being monitored closely.

It’s important for all of us to ensure that all head teachers and other persons steer a credible examination process in 2020.

The Ministry of Education, Ministry of ICT, Ministry of interior and Coordination of National Government have agreed on strategies to enhance the security of the 2020 national examinations. The following have been agreed upon:

  1. Deputy County Commissioners (DCCS) and Assistant County Commissioners (ACCs), will be involved in the daily opening and closing of the containers in their respective Sub Counties.
  2. Each container will be manned by four armed security officers on a 24/7 basis once the examinations are delivered to the Sub Counties. Additional security officers will be deployed from time to time when need arises.
  3. Once the examination papers for the day have been issued, the container must be locked to be reopened when candidates’ answer scripts are returned after the day’s examinations.
  4. The security in charge of the container must adhere to the rules pertaining to the opening and closing of the container.
  5. Security officers will be used to escort the examination materials from the KNEC warehouse to the examination storage facilities in the Sub Counties. Upon arrival at the Sub Counties, the examinations will be handed over to the Sub County Directors of Education and the Deputy County Commissioners who will provide security for the examinations.
  6. All question papers will be escorted by armed security officers each day of the examination when the centre managers will be collecting and returning the candidates’
    answer scripts to the container. While at the examination centre, the security officers will ensure adequate security is provided to all the candidates and the examination materials.
  7. The centre manager must hand over examination materials to the Supervisor once he/she arrives at the examination centre. At no time should the examination papers be in the centre manager’s office. answer scripts to the container. While at the examination centre, the security officers will ensure adequate security is provided to all the candidates and the examination materials.
  8. The centre manager must hand over examination materials to the Supervisor once he/she arrives at the examination centre. At no time should the examination papers be in the centre manager’s office.
  9. Upon completion of the examinations, the Council will liaise with the Sub County Directors of Education and Deputy County Commissioners on when the candidates’ answer scripts will be returned to KNEC premises under armed security escort. While overseeing examinations, the vetted and appointed supervisors and invigilators must uphold integrity in execution of their roles. They should be vigilant and deter any form of examination malpractice.
  10. The Ministry of Education has banned supervisors and invigilators from being deployed in the same examination centres for more than two consecutive years in line with KNEC’s policy.

Let me reiterate that the Ministry will never tire in dealing with any form of examinations cheating. Let us allow candidates to apply their knowledge in the examination room.

Grade 4 Assessment

I wish to urge our colleagues from the education sector to ensure that the Grade 4 Assessment that begins next week goes on as planned. KNEC has already provided guidelines on this important assessment, which is part of the successful implementation of the Competency Based

Curriculum (CBC). The Grade 4 assessment will tae place from 8th to 18th March 2021. I urge parents to support our candidates during this period as they have always done.

Parents should not be duped into parting with money to aid any form of cheating in the KCPE and KCSE like has been the case in the past. The examinations will not be leaked whatsoever.

Our Regional Coordinators and County Directors of Education must be alert during this time of examinations and work closely with our TSC counterparts to ensure smooth running of examinations.

Once again, I wish to thank you for the support you have given to this national noble course on management of examinations.

Finally, I wish to inform the country that we have now supplied 98 per cent of the KSh1.9 Billion Economic Stimulus Programme Desks to targeted schools countrywide. We hope that centre will utilise some of these desks to ensure candidates sit their examinations in a more comfortable environment.

I wish all candidates the very best in their national examinations.