2.2 million candidates to sit national exams - KNEC

 

A total of 2,279,414 candidates will sit national examinations this year, the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) has announced.

KNEC, while launching the 2024 national examinations and assessments season on Friday assured Kenyans of a smooth exercise.

The council said it will administer the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) to 965,501 candidates in 10,565 centres.

It will further administer the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) to 1,303,913 candidates in 35,573 centres, bringing the total to 2,279,414 candidates across the country.

“To ensure smooth administration of the examination and assessments, KNEC has acquired 41 new containers, bringing the total to 617 for secure storage and transportation of exam materials," KNEC CEO David Njengere said.

On September 4, the government confirmed the national examination calendar as students began learning for the third term after an interruption by the teachers’ strike that lasted for two weeks.

TSC Chief Executive Officer Nancy Macharia confirmed that the exams will begin from October 18, 2024, to November 22 across all examination centres in the country.

KCSE will begin on October 18, with the rehearsals. The students will formally begin writing their exams on October 22 with the tests set to run for a month.

KPSEA rehearsals will be running from October 25 with students set to begin the examinations on October 28 to November 2024.

The KPSEA assessments will run alongside the Kenya Intermediate Level Education Assessment (KILEA) within the same time frame as stipulated in the TSC directive.

TSC announced exams supervisors will be rotated after every two weeks to enable the government weed out cheating among other additional measures.

by Allan Kisia