The Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) has released the timetable for the 2025 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination, whose candidate registration is ongoing.
KNEC Chief Executive Officer David Njengere explained that the timetable, which has since been uploaded on the council’s website, had been released ‘early’ to allow for feedback from stakeholders.
The examination body also published instructions and guidelines for the 2025 KCSE.
According to the timetable, the candidates will undertake oral papers from Tuesday, October 21, 2025, three days after the commencement of rehearsals on Friday, October 17.
The oral papers will include French, German, Kenyan Sign Language (Practical Signing Skills), Music and Arabic.
At the same time, Practical examinations for home science, drawing and design, woodwork, metalwork, art and design, electricity, building construction, electricity and music will begin on October 22 and conclude on October 31.
KNEC releases 2025 KCSE timetable
Candidates will then commence theory papers on November 3 and complete their tests on November 21 with Physics Practical.
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Projects for Art and Design, Agriculture, Woodwork, Metalwork, Building Construction, Computer Studies which commenced in January will end in July.
KNEC has in turn directed schools to upload marks for subjects with a Project component by March 31, for Milestone 1 and July 31, for Milestone 2 where applicable.
The council indicated that all first session examination papers will start at 8.00 a.m. while second session examination papers will start at 2.00 pm.
Candidates should avail themselves for searching outside the examination room and be seated at their desk/table 15 minutes before the time fixed for the examination in the various papers.
Canidates can access the full details of the 2025 KCSE examination timetable, instructions and guidelines on here: KNEC 2025 KCSE EXAMINATION TIMETABLE.
Guidleines
The Centre Managers should ensure that the supervisors and invigilators deployed to their centres have not served in the same centre for three consecutive years.
“A supervisor is deployed for every two hundred (200) candidates and for every examination room a maximum of 20 candidates must have an invigilator,” notes KNEC.
“There should be at least two security officers in each examination centre. Where candidature is more than 250 candidates, the centre can request one additional security officer.”
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In addition, candidates should be grouped in one or more examination room(s) during the optional papers.
They will move with their desks and go back to their rooms during the compulsory papers. Some invigilators will stay away during days of the optional papers and only the required number should invigilate.
The supervisor should rotate them accordingly.
At the same time, KNEC has urged teachers to ensure that the candidates are aware of penalties for examination irregularities or misconduct.
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