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KNEC and KESSHA to organize regional sensitization workshops on KCSE group IV subjects’ Projects assessment; Principals and teachers to attend.

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The Kenya National Secondary Schools Heads Association, KESSHA, has organized a 9 day regional training exercise to sensitize teachers on how to assess project based subjects. The training that is slated for the 22nd to the 31st of January, 2019 will see all Secondary schools heads and teachers handling group IV subjects getting skills on how to assess the 2019 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, KCSE, project based examinations. The training shall be executed in conjunction with the Kenya National Examinations Council, KNEC, officers; who will give details on the newly introduced interventions in assessing the projects.

Last week KNEC released a circular detailing the changes that it has effected as pertains the assessment of projects in Art & Design (442/3), Agriculture (443/3), Woodwork (444/2), Metal Work (445/2), Building Construction (446/2) and Computer Studies (451/2). According to a circular dated 21st January, 2019 TSC says this training is geared towards enhancing the validity and reliability of KCSE group IV subjects.

Consequently, TSC has written to all County Directors to release principals and the subject teachers to the regional training exercise. “You are required to release the principals and teachers as per the attached schedule,” says Lucy M. Mugambi, the Acting Director in charge of staffing at TSC headquarters. The regional workshops shall be conducted as per the schedule below:

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KNEC releases 2019 KCSE project/ practical based subjects’ instructions; introduces new milestones

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The Kenya National Examinations Council, KNEC, has released instructions for execution of project/ practical based subjects for this year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Exams, KCSE. Via a circular dated 17th January, 2019 the examination council instructs examination centres to download instructions for this year’s projects/ practicals via its official portal at: https://www.knec-portal.ac.ke

“The 2019 KCSE examination will commence with group IV subjects which have a project component; Art and Design (442/3), Agriculture (443/3), wood work (444/2), Metal Work (445/2), Building Construction (446/2) and Computer Studies (451/3),” reads, in part, the Circular by Dr. Mercy Karogo, the Acting Chief Executive Officer to the Council.

In the circular, the projects’ timelines have been given thus:

Fig: The 2019 KCSE projects’ timelines

To download the instructions, schools and Sub- county Directors of Education are advised to log onto the KNEC. “All school principals and Sub- county Directors of Education (in of private candidates) with candidates who have registered for the subjects (Project based subjects; group 4) are required to log onto the KNEC Website: https://www.knec-portal.ac.ke and click on 2019 Project/ Practical button to download all the instructions related to the subjects the candidates are registered for,” Dr Karogo says.

NEW MILESTONES

In order to ensure that the projects/ practicals are being carried out as per the outlined timelines, KNEC has introduced two innovations relating to the assessment of the group iv subjects. “The projects’ assessment will have two (02) key milestones, which must be completed by March 31st and July 15th, 2019,” Dr Karogo says.

According to KNEC, the subject teachers are expected to upload candidates’ scores and pictorial evidence (portfolio) on the project portal; at the end of each milestone. This is a deviation from the past where subject teachers uploaded collated students’ scores at the end of the practical/ project period; mostly in September/ October. “The Pictorial evidence should be photographs of the candidates with their work, in either Graphics Interface Format (.gif) or JPEG (.jpg) format (These two are photograph formats obtained by using a digital Camera). Each candidate’s pictorial evidence should show the candidate’s name and KCSE examination index number,” Karogo explains.

This is in a bid by the Council to discourage last minute rushes and allegations that impersonators assist candidates in executing the projects/ practicals. “The Kenya National Examinations Council will closely monitor the project progress and authenticity of the scores of all project/ practical for the candidates who registered for the 2019 KCSE examination in the school at different times in the course of project/ practical implementation. The school and individual candidates will be expected to compile and maintain a portfolio (file) of evidence on the progress of the project work to be presented to the monitoring officers,” KNEC warns.

The Council says it has, in the past, noted that the subject teachers do not key the candidates’ scores as required and. KNEC, thus, warns that it will not process and release 2019 KCSE results for candidates whose scores have not been appropriately captured.

The registration exercise for candidates wishing to sit the 2019 national examinations is ongoing and expected to come to a close on 15th February, 2019.

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2019 Knec project marks and reports- Schools have up to 30th September to submit KCSE project reports; get instructions here

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The Kenya National Examinations Council, knec, has issued guidelines on packaging and returning of the 2019 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, KCSE, project documents. Knec, this year, introduced the assessment of projects into milestones namely: Milestone one which started in January and ended on 31st March 2019 and Milestone two which started on 15th June and ended on 15th July, 2019.

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Fig: The 2019 KCSE projects’ timelines

Via a circular released by knec Chief Executive Officer Dr. Mercy G. Karogo, the Council has outlined timelines and guidelines on returning of the hard copy project sheets.

According to Dr. Karogo;
1). All Principals who presented candidates for KCSE Group IV subjects with project components are informed to return the project materials to the Sub County Directors of Education offices by 30th September 2019;
2). The Sub County Directors of Education are expected to ensure that they have collected projects from all schools.
3). The Manual and Computer generated mark sheets should be packed in separate envelopes:

“KNEC officers delivering the 2019 KCPE and KCSE examination materials between 7th and 11th October 2019 will be collecting the KCSE projects materials from the office of the Sub County Director of Education,” she adds.

Part of the project documents being collected by the Council are: Manual Students’ mark sheets, students’ project reports, Computer generated Mark Sheets, Students’ projects, School’s report and Students’ declarations.

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KNEC KCSE SUBJECTS’ CODES

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Here is a list of the subjects (and their codes) that the Kenya National Examinations Council, KNEC, will test in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, KCSE, examinations:

  1. English- 101
  2. Kiswahili- 102
  3. Mathematics- 121
  4. Mathematics, Alternative B- 122
  5. Biology- 231
  6. Physics- 232
  7. Chemistry- 233
  8. Biology for the Blind- 236
  9. General Science- 237
  10. History- 311
  11. Geography- 312
  12. CRE- 313
  13. IRE- 314
  14. HRE- 315
  15. Home Science- 441
  16. Art and Design- 442
  17. Agriculture- 443
  18. Wood Work- 444
  19. Metal Work- 445
  20. Building Construction- 446
  21. Power Mechanics- 447
  22. Electricity- 448
  23. Drawing and Design- 449
  24. Aviation Technology- 450
  25. Computer Studies- 451
  26. French- 501
  27. German- 502
  28. Arabic- 503
  29. Sign Language- 504
  30. Music- 511
  31. Business Studies- 565

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2019 KCSE Fees breakdown for repeaters and Non- Citizens

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The Government of Kenya will pay examination fees for all candidates sitting for both the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, KCSE, and Kenya Certificate of Primary Education, KCPE, exams; except repeaters and foreign students. Below is a breakdown of the applicable fees for the 2019 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, KCSE, repeaters and non Kenyans. The Fees is payed to the official Kenya National Examination Council, KNEC, accounts by school heads.

FEES PAYABLE PER A STUDENT’S SUBJECTS ENTRY

NO. OF SUBJECTS
ENTERED		FEES PAYABLE,
KSHS.
1 Subject3,100
2 Subjects3,500
3 Subjects3,900
4 subjects4,300
5 subjects4,700
6 subjects5,100
7 subjects5,500
8 subjects5,900
9 subjects6,300

A student pays as per the number of subjects she/ he is to register for.

EXTRA FEES FOR STUDENTS TAKING PROJECT- BASED SUBJECTS

This fee is paid only for students taking the following project based subjects.

SUBJECTCODE
FEES PAYABLE,
KSHS.
Home Science441200
Art and Design442200
Agriculture443200
Woodwork444200
Metal Work445200
Building Construction446200
Power Mechanics447500
Electricity448500
Drawing and Design449200
Aviation Technology4502,500
Computer Studies451200
French501500
German502500
Arabic503500
Kenya Sign Language504500
Music511500

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