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New KNEC Exam Model Raises Concern 19 January 2021 - 7:16 am Education CS George Magoha speaks to a student at Langas Primary School in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County on Friday, November 6, 2020 Twitter Headteachers from across the country have raised concerns over the administration of the national assessment examinations for primary school pupils that started on Monday, January 18, 2021. The school heads decried logistical troubles in the preparation for the exams, with several institutions fail...

THE STANDARD EDUCATION A teacher at a Standard Eight classroom at Kisii primary school. [Sammy Omingo,Standard] After a 10-month Covid-19 imposed holiday, an estimated eight million primary school learners will this morning start a national assessment. The week-long assessment is being administered by the Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec), but unlike other conventional examinations, there will be no ranking of learners according to the grades they score. A circular released by Acting K...

THE STANDARD FACT CHECK Pupils of Loruk Primary School in Baringo North travel to school using a boat after Lake Baringo swelled last week and closed the usual footpath. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard] RELATED VIDEOS Share this story I eagerly await my babys first steps Spina Bifida, and though rare in the general population, it is the most common neural tube defect in the world Time to hold candid talks on rotational presidential model Since independence, Kenya has held 12 presidential elections...

THE STANDARD EDUCATION Standard Eight pupils at Nyali School in Mombasa County on November 6, 2020. [Kelvin Karani, Standard] The government and education sector players will keenly be observing events of this week as they will determine the successful return to normal learning. Compliance with the Covid-19 protocols among learners and teachers will be tested after the school community spent first two weeks in the institutions. Primary and secondary school heads yesterday said most learners dro...

Views: Visits 10 On Monday, Regional Development Principal Secretary Margaret Mwakima was wrapping up inspection of school reopening in Kilifi when she met a shock of her life. On entering Mtomondoni Primary School in Mtwapa, accompanied by journalists, she found hundreds of pupils sitting on logs and stones, writing on their laps — some sweating under scorching sun. Dr Mwakima had visited several other schools in the county and witnessed similar scenes but this one left her ashamed,...

THE STANDARD By Augustine Oduor | January 9th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 Pupils observe Covid-19 guidelines by social distancing. [Jonah Onyango, Standard] Education stakeholders say the prolonged closure of schools may have resulted in learning losses, which may be unearthed by the evaluation. Over 30,000 schools have up to the end of next week to prepare children for mass assessments to evaluate learners’ understanding of subjects, 10 months after closure of schools. The Kenya National Ex...

THE STANDARD By Standard Team | January 4th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 Lake Baringo Secondary School in Baringo North. Its flooding has been caused by the rising waters of Lake Baringo. [File, Standard] After staying at home for 10 months as a result of the Covid-19-imposed holiday, some learners will resume school today in very difficult circumstances.  In Elgeyo Marakwet, over 200 students of a school buried by landslides in April last year will be relocated, awaiting completion of a new s...

Back to School: MPs Express Concern Over Unpreparedness Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha at a school in Nyeri on October 28, 2020. File Members of Parliament representing Kiambu County on Monday, December 28, raised a number of concerns regarding the level of preparedness for the reopening of schools set for January 4. Speaking to the media on behalf of his colleagues, Kiambu Township MP Jude Jomo decried the lack of vital funding for primary schools in the region. "We have not receiv...

THE STANDARD By Fred Kibor | December 25th 2020 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 From left, Michele Jepng’etich 3, Collins Kemboi 9, Brian Kemboi at Kapsowar village in Elgeyo Marakwet County after receiving donation from well-wishers on December 2, 2020. [Peter Ochieng, Standard] Brian Kemboi, a Grade Four pupil, has been fending for his siblings and ailing mother after their father walked out. The family has been living in abject poverty, in a makeshift structure under a tree as their home at Sitat ...