Knec Circular on How to Administer Competence Based Assessment, CBA Tests affecting Grades 3, 4 and 5 via https://cba.knec.ac.ke/Account/LogOn
The Kenya National Examinations Council, Knec has released a circular touching on how the 2021 Competence-Based Assessment tests will be conducted.
Knec Guidelines on the 2021 CBA tests
The circular is copied to concerned parties including sub county directors of education, primary school heads and heads of special needs primary Schools.
The Kenya National Examinations Council will upload the following Competency Based Assessment (CBA) tools on the KNEC Portal:
Monitoring Learners Progress (MLP) assessment tools for Grades 3 and Foundation level for Special Needs Education (SNE).
School based assessment tools for Grades 4, 5 and Intermediate level for Special Needs Education (SNE).
Schools are therefore expected to download the assessment tools and instructions then administer, score and upload the assessment outcomes on the KNEC portal.
To access the assessment portal, Headteachers are required to login onto the CBA portal: https://cba.knec.ac.ke
Retrieving the password for Knec CBA portal
Any school that will have forgotten their password should contact their respective sub county education offices for a new password.
Head teachers are requested to keep all records generated from the assessments.
The materials required for performing the assessment tasks should be obtained from the immediate school environment or improvised as much as is possible.
The tools will be u loaded as shown below:
| Tools | Date to be U loaded | Date to be accessed | Last Date toUpload scores | ||
| 6.1 | Grade 3 and SNE FoundationLevel | Integrated Learning Areasi) Regular Learners ii) Hearing Impaired iii) Visually Impaired iv) Physical Disabilities v SNE Foundation Level | 27thOctober2021 | 29thOctober to10thDecember 2021 | 17thDecember2021 |
| 6.2 | Grade 3 | Mathematics and English Activitiesi) Regular Learners ii) Hearing Impaired iii) Visually Impaired iv Ph sical Disabilities | 29thJanuary2022 | 31stJanuary to4thFebruary 2022 | 21stFebruary2022 |
| Tools | Date to be U loaded | Date to be accessed | Last Date toUpload scores | |||
| 6.3 | SNEFoundation Level | i) Activities of Daily Living ii) Communication, Social and Pre-Literacy Skills | 29thJanuary2022 | 31stJanuary to4thFebruary 2022 | 21stFebruary2022 | |
| 6.4 | Grade 4 and Grade 5 | Practical and project based assessment tools and instructions | 27thOctober2021 | 29thOctober to10thDecember 2021 | 17thDecember2021 | |
| 6.5 | Grade 4 and Grade 5 | i) ii) iii) iv) v) vi) vii) viii) ix) x) xi) xii)xiii) xiv) | MathematicsEnglish Kiswahili Kenyan Sign Language Science & Technology Agriculture Music Art and Craft; Social Studies; Christian Religious Education (CRE); Islamic Religious Education (IRE); Hindu Religious Education (HRE); Home Science; Physical and Health Education. | 29thJanuary2022 | 31stJanuary to4th February 2022 | 21stFebruary2022 |
| 6.6 | SNEIntermediate Level | i) ii) iii)iv) | Communication, Social, and Literacy Skills Daily Living Skills andReligious Education Sensory Motor Integration and Creative Activities Numeracy, Environmental and Ps chomotor Activities | 29thJanuary2022 | 31stJanuary to4thFebruary 2022 | 21stFebruary2022 |
This information is to enable you prepare and plan adequately.