Areas Grade 6 learners will be tested in KPSEA exams (Quest. Analysis)

Teachers Arena November 5, 2022 KPSEA 12 Comments

Grade 6 learners will sit for their final assessment in primary school. The assessment will be known as Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA).

The learners will do thirteen subjects i.e. i) Mathematics ii) English iii) Kiswahili iv) Kenyan Sign Language v) Science & Technology vi) Physical and Health Education vii) Agriculture viii) Home Science ix) Social Studies x) Art and Craft xi) Christian Religious Education (CRE) xii) Islamic Religious Education (IRE) xiii) Hindu Religious Education (HRE).

The subjects will however be combined to have five exam papers. Mathematics, English and Kiswahili. Integrated Sciences (IS) will combine Science and Technology and will cover Home Science, Agriculture, and Physical Health while Creative Art and Social Sciences (CASS) will combine Art and Craft, Music, Social Studies and Religious Education (CRE, IRE and HRE).

KPSEA will have a total of 100 per cent. The learners will have a 60 per cent of the score coming from School Based Assessment (SBA) which they did in Grade Four, Five and Six and 40 per cent from this final summative assessment.

Now the KPSEA exams will have 5 question papers. All questions are multiple choice questions with no Composition and no Insha.

ENGLISH QUESTION PAPER

Paper	Distribution of questions	Time	Note
English	30 questions 1 – 20 Comprehension: 5 passages – Dialogue – Narratives (2) – Topical – Passage with blank spaces 4 questions per passage 21 – 30 Grammar	1 hour (60 min) 2 min per question.	– Reading skills very important they contribute 20 quetions. Prepare well for reading. – Do not waste time admiring the picture. Use them to make predictions or to understand the story and move on.

KISWAHILI QUESTION PAPER

Paper	Distribution of questions	Time	Note
Kiswahili	30 questions 1 – 20 Ufahamu: vifungu 5 – Mazungumzo (2) – Hadithi (2) – Kifungu kilicho na mapengo – Maswali 4 kifungu 21 – 30 Sarufi	1 hour (60 min) 2 min per question.	– Reading skills very important they contribute 20 quetions. Prepare well for reading. – Do not waste time admiring the picture. Use them to make predictions or to understand the story and move on.

MATHEMATICS QUESTION PAPER

Paper	Distribution of questions	Time	Note
Mathematics	30 questions – Measurement -Numbers – Data handling – Geometry	1 hr 20 (80 min) 2 min per question and not more than 3 min	– All strands tested from Grade 4 – 6 – Measurement and numbers have more questions, about 10. – Data handling and geometry have few questions

INTEGRATED SCIENCE QUESTION PAPER

Paper	Distribution of questions	Time	Note
Integrated Science	50 questions 10 Agriculture 10 Home science 15 PHE 15 Sci & Tech	1 hr 40 min (100 min) 2 min per question	All strands in all learning areas tested from Grade 4 – 6

CREATIVE ART AND SOCIAL STUDIES QUESTION PAPER

Paper	Distribution of questions	Time	Note
Creative Arts and Social Studies	50 questions 10 Art & Craft 10 Music 15 Social Studies 15 CRE	1 hr 40 min (100 min) 2 min per question	– All strands tested from Grade 4 – 6. – Social Studies and CRE have equal number of questions.

Activities for teachers

1. (a) List all the strands in your learning area from Grade 4 – 6 as given in the curriculum design.

(b) Create a chart of strands and sub strands in your learning area from grade 4 – 6.

2. (a) Identify the strands tested in in your learning area using a KNEC paper.

(b) Identify which strands have more questions than others.

English/Kiswahili

Some of the cognitive skills tested in passage questions:

Evaluation (inference, summarizing – best title)
Comprehension
Knowledge (vocabulary)
Analyzing
Application – in broken passage

KENYA PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION ASSESSMENT (KPSEA) 2022
Below are sample papers for Knec Kpsea national exams.

1. Mathematics
Download
2. English
Download

3. Kiswahili
Download
4. Integrated Science
Download
5. Creative Art and Social Studies
Download
Click here to Download Grade 6 KPSEA 2022 official timetable