The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has announced changes to how the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) and the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) Exams will be conducted.
The commission has updated its criteria for the selection of center managers, supervisors, and invigilators for the national exams.
According to TSC, the changes are necessitated by the need to ensure there is no exam cheating or any other kind of malpractice, maintaining the credibility of the assessments.
Therefore, it has invited sub-county directors to nominate teachers who will be involved in the administration and management of exams.
The 2024 KCSE and KPSEA exams are set to begin in October and end in November.
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TSC on dates of KCSE and KPSEA Exams
The 2024 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams are scheduled to begin on October 22 and end on November 22.
However, the rehearsals will begin on October 18, 2024.
On the other hand, the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) will begin on October 28 and end on October 30.
The rehearsals will begin on October 25, 2024.
Earlier in August 2024, the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) CEO David Njengere announced changes in the exam papers said to curb exam cheating.
He said that students who will sit for the 2024 KCSE examination will have their papers customized, adding that candidates found breaking the rules will take personal responsibility.
Their names, index numbers, and other personal details will be pre-printed on the papers. Therefore, any malpractice by individual candidates will not lead to the punishment of an entire school or an examination center.
Additionally, principals of various institutions will not be allowed to photocopy the papers, as reported in some situations.
However, at the end of each paper, the section containing the candidates’ details will be torn off and packed separately to guard against examiners identifying the candidates while marking.
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Instructions to Private Candidates
Private KCSE candidates will now take their theory exams at the county headquarters, instead of the sub-county offices as in previous years.
Additionally, only those who have registered will be allowed to sit the exams, and only for the subjects they chose during registration.
965,501 candidates have already registered for the 2024 KCSE examination, compared to the 903,264 candidates who sat the examination in 2023, recording a 6.89 percent increase.
“We gave you two months to register candidates, and we even did a campaign where we met all center managers and informed them of these innovations.
“We, therefore, expect that all candidates’ details were captured accurately at the registration stage and there will be no room for excuses,” Njengere said at a past stakeholder’s event.
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