The registration of Grade Three pupils for a national assessment starts Monday amid confusion as parents asked the Ministry of Education to give them more time to acquire their children’s birth certificates.
On Sunday, the National Parents Association (NPA) chairman, Mr Nicholas Maiyo, said the announcement for start of registration caught many unawares as they were yet to acquire the vital document.
Parents with pupils in Grade Three have two months to enrol their children for the assessment, under the new Competency-Based Curriculum, which will be done in September.
EXAMINATION
The assessment is not an examination as such, but a compilation of each child’s performance in class exercises.
Assessment will be in English activities, mathematics activities, integrated learning areas (Kiswahili, environmental activities, movement and creative activities, religious activities, hygiene and nutrition activities).