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A teacher at a Standard Eight classroom at Kisii primary school. [Sammy Omingo,Standard]
After a 10-month Covid-19 imposed holiday, an estimated eight million primary school learners will this morning start a national assessment.
The week-long assessment is being administered by the Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec), but unlike other conventional examinations, there will be no ranking of learners according to the grades they score.
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