KNEC Sets Deadline For Registration Of Candidates For Three National Examinations.
The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has set the deadline for the registration for three national exams set for November and December this year.
KNEC Chief Executive David Njengere said that registration of Grade Six, Standard Eight and Form Four candidates has started and is scheduled to end on May 14.
Parents have been informed that they have been now and May 14 2022 to ensure that their children are registered for the assessments and examinations which are set to be administered in November and December.
Grade Six learners are being registered for Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) as Standard Eight are enrolled for the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE).
Form Four students are registering for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination.
Knec has also called for registration of candidates who will sit the KCSE Qualifying Tests.
Basic Education Principal Secretary Jwan Julius warned schools against asking candidates for examination fees. The registration of candidates is free.
“The fees shall be paid by the government and no one should take money from candidates in public and private institutions,” said Jwan.
According Knec the only learners who are repeating in class 8 and Form 4, is private candidates and non-Kenyans are required to pay for the registration of the examinations.
The fees payable, which is done through Knec bank accounts, range from Sh750 to Sh6,300 for nine subjects.
School Heads are expected to submit registration documents to the Sub-County Directors of Education (SCDEs) by May 20.
The registration of candidates is pure online.
Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha asked parents to be involved and to provide correct information on learners, including those with special needs during the registration and verification of the enrolment.
Prof Magoha said schools should capture the names of candidates correctly as per the birth certificate. The info should also include gender, year of birth, citizenship, and subjects entered.
CS Magoha further said that after registration, transfers will not be allowed. He noted that transfers can only be allowed under special cases related to illness and insecurity once brought to the attention of Knec centre through the SCDE.
Head teachers must ensure that all candidates being registered are bona fide learners in that school.
Registration of any other persons will be treated as examination malpractice and attracts sanctions against an examination centre, including de-registration of the school as an exam centre.
Schools with less than five candidates will not be allowed to register them. They are advised to liaise with SCDE, who will identify an approved Knec examination centre with more than five candidates.
Schools with less than 30 candidates will be hosted during the examinations as per the previously issued guidelines on hosting of examination centres.
To capture the registration details of the candidates using examination centre log-in credentials, school heads are supposed to log in the Knec registration portal.
For KPSEA, all school heads are reminded to verify the learners’ bio-data as captured in the Grade Five assessment.
For registration of the KCSE examination, principals are required to upload the candidates’ passport photographs, with specifications of 300 x 300 pixels.
All schools and candidates shall be expected to adhere to the entry requirements as stipulated in the registration instructions for KCPE and KCSE exams.
Private candidates should be identified and registered by their respective SCDEs.
The candidates shall be required to fill and submit the downloaded Private Candidates Registration Form alongside other requisite documents.
For coordination purposes, only private examination centres will be registered per sub-county.
The SCDEs are supposed to identify one public school where the private candidates will be hosted during the examination,.
There, they will also undertake KCSE projects and sit practical examinations.
The KCSE Qualifying Test shall be offered to prospective candidates who do not meet the stipulated entry requirements for the examination and candidates will be registered at their respective SCDE’s offices and respective SCDE officers will identify examination venues.
To register, a copy of original CPE examination certificate for those who did not sit KCPE will be required.
Head teachers and SCDEs are required to safeguard and carefully handle log-in passwords and in case they are lost or forgotten, they should write an email to Knec.
Schools requesting to be made examination centres for KPSEA, KCPE and KCSE should submit to Knec a copy of a valid registration form from County Director of Education, an inspection questionnaire and a duly filed application form from school.
