This article provides an overview of KCSE 2018 Instructions and Guidelines directed to both teachers and candidates as provide for by Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC/TD/SE/KCSE/TT/18/005). Instructions to teachers TEACHERS are advised to ensure that the candidates read these instructions and guidelines carefully and adhere to The candidates should be made aware of the penalties…
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A Doll’s House Summary Notes
A Doll’s House is the new compulsory English Set Book in Kenya replacing ‘Caucasian Chalk Circle’ by Bertolt Brencht. It’s a three-act play work of 1879 by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. Written a year after ‘The Pillars of Society’, the work was Ibsen’s first to create a sensation and is now perhaps his most…
Chozi La Heri Summary Notes
Chozi la Heri is a Swahili novel written by Assumpta K. Matei. It is a compulsory set book for Kenyan Secondary schools under Kiswahili Fasihi. The book is to replace Kidagaa Kimemwozea. The book is about how greediness to acquire power and riches and tribalism ruins the normal livelihood and social development. Afterwards, changes are…
Competency Based Curriculum Framework
Introduction Due to many criticism that faced the 8-4-4 system which was first established in Kenya in 1985, the government proposed a new curriculum called Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) – first launched in 2017. The system that was proposed and has been launched and piloted in Kenyan schools. The system is also known as 2-6-6-3…
Application of Motivation Principle in Classroom
Motivation is defined as the process that initiates, guides and maintains goal-oriented behaviors. Activation, persistence and intensity as the main components of motivation entail a decision to initiate a behavior, continued effort toward a goal and concentration and vigor that goes into pursuing a goal respectively (Cherr, 2011). There are many principles that explain the…