KCPE Results 2021-2023: Knec KCPE results to determine the selection of both Class 8 and CBC grade 6 cohort to ( junior) secondary schools, CS Magoha
KCPE results 2020/2021 release date
The Kenya Certificate of Primary Education, KCPE national exams which will commence on Monday March 22, 2021 will not be done away once the new CBC curriculum is fully implemented.
The results for the postponed 2020 KCPE national tests will be released by the CS Education in April 2021.
KCPE to be retained in the new Competency-based curriculum
The KCPE national exam was retained courtesy of CS Magoha’s last-minute but necessary interventions.
The KCPE examinations will be tailored to fit in the broader plan of reforming assessments under the new competency-based Curriculum.
The latest plan is to have learners undergo various assessments, accumulate marks scored at the school level and sit external national standardized tests administered by the Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec) for objectivity and certification purposes.
Many Kenyans had expressed their fear that doing away with KCPE and adopting pure school-based assessments may lead to unfair results given by some teachers.
Besides, it emerged that learners graduating from the new Kenyan education system are likely to face obstacles when pursuing further education in other countries if they did not sit a final standardized examination at the end of primary education.
Consequently, the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) task force report which was recently received by the President has recommended, under the 2-6-3-3-3-education system, a blend of both school-based assessments and national examinations.