2022 TERM ONE SCHOOL DATES CHANGED

Schools have closed for nearly two months beginning last week, paving the way for national examinations for the 2.1 million candidates registered for the 2021 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE).

Preparations for the rollout of Grade Six begin as well, with current Grade Five students transitioning to the new class when schools reopen in April.

The government will also have to deal with the headache of ensuring that the additional classrooms needed to anchor Junior Secondary Schools are ready as transitions begin early next year.

This year, students in the 8-4-4 education system will take two national exams, while CBC students will take their first national exam in December, ahead of the transition to junior secondary school.

The first 8-4-4 tests will be administered in March, followed by the second cohort in December.

According to Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) Chief Executive David Njengere, 1,225,507 candidates will take KCPE exams in 28,316 centers, while 831,015 candidates will take KCSE exams in 10,413 centers.

As the exams approach, Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha and Njengere are faced with the challenge of merging centers with fewer than 30 students.

The merger will have an impact on at least 170 schools.

For the December exams, KCPE tests will be administered from November 28 to December 1, while KCSE exams will be administered from December 1 to December 23.Nonetheless, KNEC is expected to release the examination schedule for the pioneer Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) candidates who will sit the end-of-primary education tests under the new 2-6-3-3-3 system in December.

Unlike the 8-4-4 students, who will aim for a perfect score on the national exams, the Grade Six students will only aim for a 40% on the December exams.

The remaining marks–60%–for CBC students will have been assigned by teachers during school-based assessments administered in Grades 4, 5, and 6.

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