Knec News: KCPE & KCSE 2021 Knec Results Grading System, Form One selection and Admission- official MoE dates
Marking of the recently concluded Kenya Certificate of Primary Education, KCPE 2020 national examinations by the Kenya National Examinations Council, Knec is over 35% complete according to the education CS Professor George Magoha. 50% of the scripts have been marked now that Knec adopted a computerized system for marking multiple choice KCPE questions.
For Insha and Composition papers, the Kenya National Examinations council contracted approximately 7000 Examiners to mark them in designated marking centres within Nairobi.
Latest Knec KCPE grading system 2020- 2021
Once the Knec assessment process is complete, the council will use a standardized system to grade the candidates which ranges from A to F. Grade A is awarded to the most outstanding KCPE candidates while grade E goes to the academically challenged ones.
The image below gives a complete break-down of how Knec grades KCPE candidates
Latest KCSE Knec grading system 2021
On the other hand the Kenya certificate of Secondary education which is underway is set to end in approximately two weeks time.
After marking, the grading system used to evaluate perfomance of candidates uses letters and numerals as shown below
The numeric point scale ranges from 1-12 points and an expanded letter grading system which ranges from (A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D+, D, D-, E).
Grade A is awarded to the academically gifted candidates who later get placed in the best universities and are allowed to take courses like medicine and surgery.
Grade E on the other hand is awarded to candidates who have outstanding issues with basic numeracy and literacy skills.