KNEC KCPE Assessment: Kenya is expecting a record poor performance in the upcoming Kenya Certificate of Primary Education. This is according to an assessment of 995,225 pupils who sat the assessments across 21,244 primary schools, and another 196,224 learners from 7,217 private schools.
These candidates scored less than an average of 50 per cent mark in most of the subjects assessed. “Majority of Class 8 learners performed below average. This is evidenced by the substantial proportions of learners who did not attain the minimum benchmark 50 per cent in most of the subject assessed,” the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) said in a report.
The report shows that many learners scored between 26 per cent and 50 per cent. Only Science, CRE and IRE had a large proportion of pupils scoring between 51 per cent and 75 per cent. “Notably close to two thirds or 60. 87 per cent of Class 8 learners did not attain minimum proficiency level in Cloze test and close to half (48.72%) did not attain the minimum proficiency level in reading comprehension,” reads the report.
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The candidates scored a mean of less than 50 marks in English Language, Kiswahili Language (Lugha), Kenyan Sign Language, Mathematics and Science. In English Composition, Kiswahili Composition (Insha) and Kenyan Sign Language Composition, candidates registered a mean score of less than 40. The mean score for Social Studies and Religious Education were 60 and 30 respectively. The mean scores in the above subjects are presented out of 100.
Subjects that candidates posted higher mean grades were Islamic Religious Education with an average of 60.11, Christian Religious Education (58.75), Science (57.85), Hindu Religious Education (55.5) and English Language 50.34. Kenyan Sign Language (KSL) registered the lowest mean at 36.9. English and Kiswahili had mean scores of 44.73 and 46.64 respectively.
“Of concern are the substantial percentages of pupils not attaining minimum proficiency levels in language skills, yet research has shown that proficiency in reading/language has a bearing on acquisition of other educational outcomes,” the KNEC report said.
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Girls performed better in languages than boys. Boys scored higher grades than girls in Mathematics and Science. Girls attained higher means scores in both English Language and Composition posting 51.35 and 46.58 respectively against 49.31 and 42.85 for boys. In Kiswahili, girls attained 49.68 and 49.04 in Language and Composition respectively against 48.29 and 44.2 attained by the boys respectively. Boys performed better than girls in Mathematics and Science, posting 45.39 and 44.39 against 59.24 and 56.49 for girls respectively. KNEC KCPE Assessment.