NAME …………………………………………… Assessment Number …………………

CURRICULUM STUDIES
DPTE UPGRADE
TIME: 1 HR 45 MIN
December 2021

THE KENYA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

DIPLOMA IN PRIMARY TEACHER EDUCATION

(UPGRADE)
Curriculum Studies
[School Based Assessment]
1 HOUR 45 MINUTES

Instructions to Teacher Trainees

(a) Write your name and assessment number in the spaces provided above.
(b) Answer ALL the questions in this paper.
(c) This paper consists of 2 printed pages.
(d) Teacher trainees should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are
printed as indicated and that no questions are missing.

FOR TEACHER TRAINER’S USE ONLY

Question 1 2 3 4 5

Maximum score 10 10 10 10 10

Teacher Trainee
score

This paper consists of 2 printed pages

 Answer ALL the question in this paper.

1. Explain five benefits Kenya is likely to realise when graduates of the Competency Based
Curriculum (CBC) system of education enter the job market. (10 marks)

2. The Republic of Kusadikika has endeavoured to undertake a needs assessment to review

the basic education curriculum. With justification, give to the curriculum review team five
sources of ideas in the exercise. (10 marks)

3. Curriculum reform comes with new methods and strategic innovations that are geared
towards the achievement of the vision and mission of the new curriculum. As a primary
school teacher, explain five pedagogical innovations you should adopt to effectively
implement Competency Based Curriculum (CBC). (10 marks)

4. An agriculture teacher gave Grade 5 learners a task of transplanting kale seedlings from a
school vegetable nursery to a container. Learner’s activities in performance of the task
were spread over a number of days. The following table shows learners activities during
the first three days of performing the task. Teacher’s assessment points for each activity
are also given.

Day Learners Activities Teacher Assessment Points

1. Learners look for a suitable container
2. Learners
• put soil in container
• transplant the kale seedling
• water the kale seedling
3. Care for the transplanted kale seedling
- Availability of container
- Suitability
- soil quality
- process of uprooting and planting
- watered or not
- Subsequent watering done or not

(a) Prepare a checklist which can be used by the teacher to assess each of the learners’
activities in the first three days. (6 marks)

(b) Identify two learning areas which are linked to the task given to the learners by the
teacher. (2 marks)

(c) Give two ways in which the learner can demonstrate creativity while performing
the task. (2 marks)

5. You are planning to carry out a monitoring survey on curriculum implementation for
Grades 1 to 4 in a few selected schools in your sub-county to establish the level of teacher
preparedness for implementation of Competency Based Curriculum (CBC). Develop a
questionnaire with suitable items to achieve the purpose of the survey. (10 marks)

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