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How CBC downplays the role of assessment in learning

A student at St Peter's Boys Secondary School Mumias in Kakamega sits for KCSE. [File, Standard]

The government has downplayed the place of national examinations or assessments in the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC). And while stakeholders have not expressed their anxieties, the worry is real.

Education officials say learners will not endure the stress of national examinations associated with 8-4-4, thanks to CBC. The students will learn without the shadow of exams. The government has replaced what they now describe as summative assessments or examinations with formative examinations.

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