Machogu supervises distribution KCPE, KPSEA papers in Mombasa

Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu on Monday assured Kenyans that this year's national examination will be credible.

Speaking in Mombasa while supervising the distribution of Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) examination papers, Machogu said the government has put security measures in place to ensure cases of examination cheating are curbed.

He said examination papers for Class 8 and Grade 6 candidates arrived on time in all the 493 centres across the country.

Grade 6 has more than 1.6 million registered candidates for the KPSEA exam.

On Monday, Standard 8 candidates will sit Mathematics, English language and Composition papers. On Tuesday they will have Science, Kiswahili and Insha.

And on the final day, they will have Social Studies and Religious Education papers.

Grade 6 pupils will start with Mathematics as the first paper and English on Monday.

On Tuesday, the learners will be assessed in Integrated Science and Kiswahili.

The maiden assessment will end on Wednesday with Creative Arts and Social Studies.

For Grade 6, the subjects have been clustered into five Integrated Science containing Science and Technology, Agriculture, Home Science, and Physical Health.

Creative Arts and Social Studies include Social studies, Christian, Islamic and Hindu education, arts and crafts, and music.

Summative assessments contribute 60 per cent while the two school-based assessments contribute 20 per cent each.