The Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) has issued guidelines on the registration of KPSEA and KILEA 2024 national examinations.
The registration for learners wishing to sit the Kenya Intermediate level Education Assessment (KILEA) and Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) assessments started on January 29 and will end on March 29, 2024.
KNEC has, however, issued a stern warning against late registration, emphasizing the importance of meeting the specified deadline.
“Heads of institutions are reminded to ensure that all eligible candidates are registered before March 29, 2024,” cautioned KNEC in the official notice.
Registration of KPSEA
The council directed institutions to register Grade 6 learners for KPSEA as was the case in 2023.
KNEC noted that candidates who will be presented for the assessment are only eligible learners who have been studying in their schools.
The examination body further reminded the heads of institutions that registration of ghost candidates amounts to assessment malpractice, which attracts sanctions, including de- registration of the school as a KNEC examination center.
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KNEC Releases Details Required
KNEC has advised school heads to diligently register all candidates while ensuring that their details are accurately captured to streamline the process and ensure accuracy.
“Heads of institutions are expected to edit the candidates’ biodata where applicable to ensure accuracy of the registration data for all learners, including correct spellings and order of learners’ names as documented in their Birth Certificates,” KNEC stated.
Other crucial details to be included are gender, year of birth, citizenship, religious Education option registered for, and a category of special needs and disabilities (where applicable).
“The special needs category catered for should be indicated as Visual Impairment – VI (totally blind candidates who require Braille), low vision-LP (candidates who require large printing papers) Hearing Impairment-HI and Physical impairment-PI,” the council noted.
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Other Key Guidelines
Additionally, transfer of candidates will only be allowed during the registration period. Transfers will not be allowed after closure of the exercise.
Also, KNEC advised that transfer of candidates be done online to avoid duplication.
“All KPSEA candidates must be registered in the grade 6 portal first in order to be assigned an assessment number which is mandatory for registration.
“Upon registration the head of institution must make sure that the learner’s SBA scores for Grades 4 and 5 are uploaded,” noted the examination body.
Furthermore, the KNEC said schools with less than five candidates will not be allowed to register the candidates for KPSEA as independent centers.
Likewise, assessment centers with less than 30 candidates will be hosted in assessment centers that shall be identified by Sub County Directors of Education (SCDEs).
Head of institutions have been urged to present all registration documents for their centers in their respective SCDEs offices by 5th April 2024 for verification by the SCDEs and KNEC.
All SCDEs and head of institutions are responsible for the use and safety of passwords issued by KNEC for access to the KNEC portals.
