Pupils sit their Kenya Certificate of Primary Education exam. A Bill seeks abolishment of the exam. PHOTO | FILE
Year-end exams that students sit in every class will be computed and candidates graded on average results scored over eight years in primary or four in secondary schools if a new Bill becomes law.
The Basic Education (Amendment) Bill, 2015 Bill sponsored by Karachuonyo MP James Rege seeks to abolish both the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examinations (KCSE).
Instead, the Kenya National Examination Council (Knec) will be arranging the annual end –year progress examination for all classes with the average for each level determining the grade that a student is assigned after eight and four years in primary and secondary level respectively.
“Knec will at the end of each academic year, prepare an end-year progress assessment report for every learner who sits the annual end-year progress examination. The assessment progress report will include the academic progress of the subjects examined,” states the Bill.
If passed, the examination council will be required to keep and maintain a register which will contain a list of names of every learner who sits the annual end-year progress for every year.
The Bill states that a pupil who has completed the eight-year primary school education level will not be denied admission into secondary school on the ground of the final grade attained.
The Kenya Universities Colleges Central Placement Service will also admit students to public and private universities and colleges based on the average grade scored in four years of secondary schooling.
Under the Bill, the Education secretary will ensure students access higher education level as well as decide the fate of learners who miss any of the end-year examinations.
The Cabinet secretary will be required to establish at least one talent academy and a polytechnic in every county within three years to cater for talented and gifted learners.
The provisions will come into force at the beginning of the first term in school calendar in 2016.
The Education secretary will next year be required to launch the end- year progress examination for secondary schools with students in Form one.
“The students who at the begging of 2016 will be between Forms two and four shall continue to take the national examinations as administered by the Kenya National examination Council,” states the Bill.
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