KNEC CIRCULAR FOR GRADE 7 AND 8 ASSESSMENT STARTING TERM 2
The Kenya National examination council (KNEC )has issued a circular with REF: KNEC/GEN/TD/CIR/CBA/2024/002 dated 6th March 2024 for assessment of grade 7 and 8 starting second term,2024.
This circular is directed to all Sub County Directors of Education, the Heads of Junior Schools as well as Heads of Prevocational Level Schools across the country.
Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) is expected to upload on the KNEC CBA portal the School Based Assessment tools for Grade 7 and 8 (which is Age Based Pathway) as well as Prevocational Level ( which is Stage Based Pathway).
That inorder to have access to the assessment portal, the school Head teachers are required to login onto the CBA portal @ https://cba.knec.ac.ke.
Incase of any school having challenges with password , they should contact their respective Sub-County Director of Education for purposes the password resetting.
The circular further indicates that all schools will be expected to administer the assessment tools, accurate scores and upload the same assessment outcomes of all learners on the CBA portal within the stipulated time frame.
KNEC has directed that the SBA tools for Grade 7 and 8 will assessment will be provided in two formats which include the PDF format and digital format through the CBA portal https;//cba.knec.ac.ke as follows:
Under PDF Format
Every Schools will be required to do this by logging in using the school credentials. (That is the Username and password).
All schools will also access the tools in PDF format and download.
KNEC SBA tools will then be given to learners in either print format or either projected on the screen or alternatively written on the board.
For convenience purposes on format adopted, the learners may write their responses on the question paper or on the writing materials provided by the school.
The tools that will be used for 2024 assessment is as follows as per to part of the KNEC official circular .
Class/ Grade | Learnings area/Subject | Specific Date to be accessed | |
Grade 7 (List of Subjects/ Learning Areas with Project, Practicals/ & Performance Tasks | a) Agriculture & Nutrition
b) Creative Arts and Sports c) CRE d) Integrated Science |
1st July 2024 | |
Grade 8 (List of Subjects with Project, Practica/ & Performance Tasks) | a) Agriculture & Nutrition
b) Creative Arts and Sports c) Social Studies d) IRE v) Integrated Science |
1st July 2024 |
Grade |
Subject | ||
Grade 7 (For Written tests) | a) Mathematics
b) English c) Kiswahili d) Kenyan Sign Language e) Social Studies f) CRE/IRE/HRE g) Integrated Science viii) Creative Arts and Sports h) Pre-Technical Studies |
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Grade 8 (Written tests) | i) Mathematics ii) English iii) Kiswahili iv) Kenyan Sign Language v) CRE/HRE vi) Integrated Science vii) Creative Arts and Sports viii) Pre-Technical Studies | ||
SNE Prevocational Level (Performance tasks) | a) Communication
b) Social and Literacy Skills c) Religious Education (CRE/IRE/HRE) d) Daily Living Skills e) Environmental Activities f) Hygiene Nutrition and Safety g) Mathematical Activities h) Music and Movement i) Physical and Health Education J) Pre-Vocation Skills Social Studies |