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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 Knec Chief Executive Officer Mercy Karogo says the assessments will be administered up to Friday. Th...

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 Examinations Council (Knec) said the Learning Continuity in Basic Education (LCBE) assessments should ...