KNEC-Portal for Application of Junior Secondary placement
KNEC-Portal for Application of Junior Secondary placement
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Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) will open its portal from August 15 through August 30, 2022, allowing students in Grade 6 to select Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) in advance of placement.
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The selection for admission of students into JSS will be based on merit, including performance on the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA), equity in students’ school selection based on recommendations from parents and teachers, and institutional declared capacity, according to Cs. Magoha, the cabinet secretary for education.
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“All learners, in consultation with their parents and teachers will be given an opportunity to select a public or private secondary school of their choice for their JSS education.Their Parents shall meet the cost of learning in private schools as is the usual practice. For compliance purposes with the 100 per cent transition policy, all learners will be placed in Junior Secondary School institutions,” Magoha noted.
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While commissioning the KNEC Headquarters at the brand-new Mitihani House in South C, the CS. made the remarks.
Only those who have registered will be eligible for selection and placement for standalone JSS.
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According to Prof. Magoha, students will be placed in all currently operating, legally recognized public and private secondary schools, and public secondary schools that share a property with a public primary school would use the primary school’s available classrooms as additional study space.
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For students whose parents will pay the tuition charged by the private secondary schools, there are currently registered private secondary schools available;
“All the JSS established from existing registered private primary schools which have expanded their facilities to accommodate JSS will be available for learners whose parents will pay the fees charged by the private secondary schools,” explained the CS.
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The existing registered public and private secondary schools won’t need to re-register in order to provide JSS education, Cs. added.
However, as long as they have met the minimal criterion for classrooms and have a properly equipped laboratory, the Education Ministry will take on registration of all JSS formed as stand-alone institutions established from existing private primary schools.
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“The Registration of JSS will be in accordance with the Registration Guidelines for Basic Education Institutions (2021). The Ministry will monitor the process of registration to ensure compliance with the CBC requirements,” he explained.
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CS said the transition of learners to JSS under CBC, will be guided by the assessment outcomes of the KPSEA and will be a combination of the learners’ scores attained from the School Based Assessments (SBA) administered in Grade 4, 5 and 6 and the National summative assessment to be administered in November.
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School-Based Assessments for each of the three Grades, Grades 4, 5 and 6, will constitute 20 per cent, with the SBAs cumulatively accounting for 60 per cent of scores to be used in reporting as learners transit to JSS.
KNEC commission has already administered SBAs to the 2022 Grade 6 cohort at Grade 4 in 2020 and Grade 5 in 2021.
It is also in the process of administering the Grade 6 SBA, which started on July 18 and will be completed by September 9.
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After the end of Grade 6, KNEC will administer a summative assessment to all the 2022 Grade 6 learners from November 28 to 30.
Assessment will contribute 40 per cent of a learner’s score as they transit to JSS School.
The cs. Magoha clarified that KNEC will assess the 13 subjects offered at the upper primary level using five papers.
These subjects include Mathematics, English Language, Kiswahili/ Kenyan Sign Language, and Integrated Science which combines four subjects namely Science and Technology, Agriculture, Home Science as well as Physical and Health Education.
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In addition, the fifth subject to be examined will be Creative Arts and Social Studies which combines Social Studies, Christian/Islamic/Hindu Religious Education, Art and Craft as well as Music.
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The KPSEA papers for the special needs students who can follow the usual pathway will be modified depending on their specific needs.
A stage-based curriculum that gives them flexibility based on their skills is followed by all those Learners with severe and multiple disabilities, such as severe deaf/blindness, cerebral palsy, and autism.
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Additionally, they will be evaluated at Foundation and Intermediate levels in accordance with their readiness to move on to the following levels.
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