The Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) opened its portal for the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) assessments where learners will have a chance to choose preferred schools as they move through the 6-2-3-3 system.
The portal, dubbed Competency Based Assessment (CBA) entails procedures on how a parent will register, capture and check the scores of learners by a school selected.
A learner will be able to register for a school of choice and at the same time transfer from one institution to another at will.
Upon registration of a learner, a parent will be required to access the CBA portal through the KNEC website.
How to Register
a) Login and select a grade and level
b) Click on Register Learners button
c) Click on Add Learners button
d) Capture leaner details are required
e) Click on Save learner button
The selection and registration process is only limited to Grade 3 for the Age-Based pathway or at Foundation and Intermediate for Stage Based pathway.
Should a parent make an error on the registration process, the government has made it possible to amend the process. At this stage, a parent will select a learner, click on Edit button then on Save Learner button, you will be requested to update the details. To remove a learner, a parent will be asked to select the learner then click on Delete button.
Transferring Schools for CBC Learners
According to the exam body, a learner transferring to another school will have to provide the assessment number. If not available, the assessment number can be searched using the learner's previous school code or school name.
At this stage, a learner will have to access the CBA portal through the KNEC website and follow the below procedures;
a) Login with the School Username and Password to select a Grade or Level
b) Click on the Register Learners button
c) Click on Add Learner from Another School (transfer) button
d) Key in the Assessment Number for the learner then click the Find button
e) Click on the Transfer button
After completing the above-required procedures, a transfer request shall be sent to the previous school. Upon accepting the request, the learners shall be transferred automatically.
KNEC advised that in case a learner faces challenges with transfer process, he/she can contact the Sub County Director of Education.
The government made it possible for a parent or learner to exercise full authority by declining a school of no choice. This also involves steps in which a learner will still have to visit the CBA portal.
At this stage, one is advised to follow first three procedures then at the second last stage, you will be asked to Accept to release the learner or Decline button to reject the transfer.
It comes a month after KNEC Chief Executive Officer David Njegere announced candidates will undergo a School-Based Assessment (SBA) test in their domicile institutions this November which will be marked by their teachers.
The outcome of the evaluation will be uploaded to the portal after which learners will register for the national exam. The national test will be the first of its kind under the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC).
“Learners should be registered and assigned a number by KNEC. They should have undertaken School Based Assessment for the intermediate level and outcomes of at least one SBA uploaded on to the KNEC portal," Njegere's statement read in part.
Over 1.25 million students are set to sit for the exam necessary for transitioning to Junior Secondary School under the new system
To check registration status, headteachers, parents and candidates can send an SMS to 20076 using the format (Exam) (Index Number).
