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No mean scores in the new KJSEA grading system

The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) Chief Executive Officer Dr David Njengere on July 12,2024.[File,Standard]

The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has come out to clarify what it terms widespread misinformation about how the new grading system works under the Competency-Based Education (CBE).

At the heart of the confusion is the tendency by some schools to analyse Kenya Junior Secondary Education Assessment (KJSEA) results using the logic of the defunct 8-4-4 system- ranking learners, generating mean scores and suggesting grade-for-grade comparisons with KCSE.

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