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.