The government is customaised to save billions of shillings gusted in the administering, printing and marking process of exams.
This follows the attainment of Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) by the KNEC which electronically scored the KCPE in 2021.
Tutors have now been exposed of an opportunity to mark the last national examination in primary school.
According to the KNEC, the upcoming CBC, Kenya Primary School Education Assessment national examination will be virtuously in multiple choice queries that can easily be marked using the new skill and teachers won’t be contacted
Ann Ngatia, the KNEC CBC Co-ordinator, explained that the appliance marks the candidates’ work by taking their answer sheets using particular scanning.
These apparatus work with a devoted scanning device that polishes a beam of light on the candidate’s paper.
A great leaving from the former years where marking took hours this new apparatus marked the candidate’s scripts in groups of 100 and 200 sheets therefore taking the shortest time.
This pioneer Competence Based Curriculum classes of Grade 3, 4, 5 and 6 started doing their School Based Assessment examination last week.
In these valuations, KNEC only offers online copies that schools copy and print for their pupils to have a sensation of what the national examination will be.
Educators also help in marking, scoring, recording and nourishing the last marks online with the national exam management within their schools without any further pay.