The Kenya National Examinations Council invites Examiners for the 2021 marking  exercise via online.

According to the examination council, the site shall be accessible as follows:

• KCPE Examiners – from 4th March, 2022; 
• KCSE Examiners – from 14th March, 2022. 

Examiners concerned are required to:-

Access KNEC Contracted Professionals website using this link: https://examinersapp.knec.ac.ke and login using their user name and  password.

Those that have forgotten their passwords should click on reset  password button to enter their mobile numbers in the format

(2547********) and submit to receive new ones for logging into the  system;

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3.2 upon successful login, complete their personal information and save. Using  the dashboard provided, access, download, print and the invitation letters   and Marking Instructions. Further instructions on acceptance and rejection   of the marking offer are given in the invitation letter.

 For further details contact any of the following:-

Telephone numbers: 0720 741003, 0732 333530, 0775 471980, 0775  471997; 

Email addresses: [email protected] and [email protected]. 

Important notes for 2022-2023 Knec Examiners
Vacancies for 2022 KNEC KCPE/KCSE Examiners marking the 2021 KCPE/ KCSE at the knec-examiners-app
The 2022 KCPE and KCSE Knec examiners will be competitively selected from all 8 regions and the 47 counties in Kenya. Qualified teachers are expected to apply for the available 42, 000 slots for KCSE examiners and 7, 000 slots for KCPE examiners this year before the given deadline via the https://examinersapp.knec.ac.ke/

The 2022-2023 KNEC Examiners vacancies will be competitively filled this year and only teachers who meet the minimum qualifications below will be granted access to apply.
KNEC examiners vacancies 2022-2023 selection criteria/ legibility

Reporting Dates for 2022 KNEC KCPE/KCSE Examiners marking the 2021 KCPE/ KCSE

Any teacher applying for the 2022 KNEC Examiners Vacancies for KCPE/ KCSE marking must

1. Be a Kenyan Citizen
2. Possess a valid national identification card.
3. Be TSC Registered
4. Not be on TSC interdiction for any indiscipline cases
5. Possess a valid KNEC registration Certificate for all examiners who have completed the KNEC training modules for all examiners.

Kindly note that only invited examiners only will be allowed to access the marking centers on the reporting dates indicated on the invitation letters.

Examiners who will not be able to access the examiners’ portal and download their invitation letters are therefore advised to keep off the marking venues since trying to access the marking centers is an errand of futility. KNEC invites and selects examiners based on their performance during KNEC training. The top performers are given opportunities first since they are likely to deliver more credible results.

REPORTING DATES AND TIMING FOR 2022 KNEC EXAMINERS

Given the throat-cutting competition for the limited Knec examiners’ vacancies, invited KCPE/ KCSE examiners are therefore advised to strictly adhere to the timelines indicated on the KNEC Examiners’ invitation letters 2022-2023.

The official reporting time is 2:00 P.M. for all KNEC examiners. Kindly note that the reporting dates differ from one KCSE script to the other since the papers have got different demands.

More demanding KCSE papers like English paper 3 Eng 101/3 require more time while marking since examiners have to peruse through at least three compositions per candidate. These examiners therefore will report to their designated marking centers a few days after the candidates sit for their last KCSE examination paper in early April.

Examiners who fail to turn up on the official reporting date and time indicated in the invitation letter will be disqualified.

PAYMENT RATES, DATES, AND TIME FOR 2022 KNEC EXAMINERS

The 2022 KNEC Payment rates per day remain constant this year. Therefore 2022 KCPE and KCSE examiners will receive Kshs 150 per day for co-ordination of the marking schemes for the first few days.

The KNEC payment rates per script range from Kshs 51 to Kshs 77 depending on the length and demands of the paper. English paper three examiners are the highest-paid Knec examiners in the latest KNEC examiners’ payment rates per paper 2020-2021.

The teachers service commission, TSC, has revealed that 242, 406 teachers have been selected to officiate 2021 kenya certificate of primary education and kenya certificate of secondary education examinations. Speaking during a multi-agency meeting on the 2021 national examinations administration on February 18,2022, at the kenya school of government, TSC CEO Nancy Macharia said that the selected teachers, who will serve as invigilators, supervisors,centre managers and examiners are the best cream of teachers.

“On behalf of the TSC, I wish to assure the country that all the teachers are fully prepared to play their part to ensure that everything comes together as planned in the entire period of the national examinations. This year, the Commission has identified and vetted 242,406 teachers who will be presented to the Kenya National Examination Council to serve as invigilators, supervisors, Centre managers and examiners during this process. Only the best cream of teachers, those who do not have any known disciplinary issues, have been identified as part of the Commission’s determination to guarantee integrity in examination administration,” said Macharia.

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Macharia maintained that the 2021 KCPE and KCSE examinations deserve a fair and favourable environment for all candidates to excel, and only the best teachers can provide such an environment.

The TSC Boss also confirmed cancellation of leaves for officers who are currently on leave to reduce gaps in conduction of exams.

“Starting from Monday 21″ February,2022 the Commission will expect all field officers currently on leave to return to their workstations to ensure there are no gaps in service. As a result, we will be cancelling all annual leave and field activities for all our sub-county, county, and regional officers during the examination period. We expect our officers to join hands with other multi-agency sector players in conducting final preparations ahead of the examinations,” she said.

This implies that all TSC field officers who are currently on leave will have to report on duty by 21^st this month.

2021-KCSE-Timetable-1 download

INSTRUCTIONS AND GUIDELINES TO TEACHERS AND CANDIDATES

INSTRUCTIONS TO TEACHERS

Teachers are advised to ensure that the candidates read these instructions and guidelines carefully and adhere to them. The candidates should be made aware of the penalties for examination irregularities or misconduct.

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

• Avail yourself for searching outside the examination room and be seated at your desk/table 15 minutes before the time fixed for the examination in the various papers. The first session will start at 8.00 a.m. followed by the second session as indicated on the timetable.
• A candidate who arrives late will be required to give a satisfactory reason to the Supervisor. Only in exceptional circumstances will a paper be given to any candidate who is more than half an hour late. Absolute punctuality is essential for all papers.
• Check the question paper you have been given to confirm that it is the paper you registered for.
• If an examination paper for which you are not registered is handed to you, or if the questions indicate that a map or other material should also have been provided, inform the Supervisor at once.
• Attend carefully to any general instructions that may be given on the first page of a paper, e.g. instructions limiting the number of questions that should be answered.
• Check to ensure that each page of your question paper is printed.
• Write your name, index number, sign and write the date of the examination on the answer booklet.
• Write on both sides of the paper, but do not use the margins. Begin the answer to each separate part of a question on a fresh line.
• Write the number of the question clearly in the left-hand margin at the beginning of each answer. Do not copy the question. Be careful to use the same system of numbering as appears in the question paper. Leave a blank line after the answer to each question.
• Write your responses in black or blue ink. You may use fountain pen or ball point pen. Pencils should only be used for diagrams. Bring mathematical and drawing instruments for subjects for which they will be needed.
• Read each question carefully. A lot of time may be wasted in writing down information that is not asked for and no marks will be given for it.
• Do not spend too much time on one or two questions. Leave yourself adequate time to answer other questions.
• As soon as notice is given to stop, make sure your name, index number, signature and the date of the examination are written on the answer booklet and then hand it over to the supervisor/ invigilator.

CAUTION TO CANDIDATES

• You are not allowed to leave the examination room before the end of the period allocated to the paper except with special permission from the Supervisor. No candidate so permitted to leave may take a question paper or answer booklet out of the examination room.
• Do not leave a sheet of paper you have written on or your answers in such a position that another candidate can read them. You should not give or obtain unfair assistance, or attempt to do so, whether by copying or in any other way, and your work should not show proof of such unfair assistance.
• No communication whatsoever in whatever manner between candidates or with outsiders is allowed during the examination.
• You are not allowed to have in your possession or in your proximity while in the examination room, any book, notes, papers or any other materials whatsoever except the correct question papers and any materials expressly authorized by the Kenya National Examinations Council.
• You may only use mathematical tables printed by the Kenya National Examinations Council, and these should not contain any additional notes except the printed information. If you are using a calculator as permitted by the Regulations, it should be the specified nonprogrammable calculator. If in doubt, check with the Supervisor. Calculators may be used in the following subjects Mathematics, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Agriculture, Woodwork, Metalwork, Building Construction, Power Mechanics, Electricity, Drawing & Design, Aviation Technology, Computer Studies and Business Studies.
• You must return immediately to the Supervisor any question paper that has smudges, errors or is badly printed.
• You must not take any used or unused paper out of the examination room. Any rough work must be done on the official answer booklet and, if not to be submitted with the answers, must be left on the desk to be collected by the Supervisor and destroyed.
• Any misconduct or causing of disturbance in or near the examination room will be treated as an examination irregularity.
• For practical papers to be taken in shifts, all candidates taking the examination must avail themselves for confinement. Any candidate who does not present him/herself for confinement will have committed an examination irregularity
• Cell phones or any other electronic communication device are prohibited in examination centres. Any candidate found in possession of a cell phone or any other electronic communication device will have his or her results cancelled.

PENALTY FOR EXAMINATION IRREGULARITIES

• The KNEC Act No. 29 of 2012 Offences and Penalties stated in Sections 27 to 40 for cases of examination irregularities will apply. Some of the highlights in these Sections state that:
• A candidate who commits an examination irregularity in any paper will have the results for the whole subject cancelled. Such a candidate will not be entitled to a result and will be awarded result “Y” overall.
• If there is evidence of wide-spread irregularities in any examination centre, the examination results for the whole centre will be cancelled.

Any person who:

a) gains access to examination material and knowingly reveals the contents, whether orally or in writing, to an unauthorized party, whether a candidate or not, will be in violation of Section 27 of the Act and the penalty will be imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years, or a fine not exceeding two million shillings or both;

b) willfully and maliciously damages examination material will be in violation of Section 30 of the Act and the penalty will be imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or a fine not exceeding five million shillings or both;

c) is not registered to take a KNEC examination but, with intent to impersonate, presents or attempts to present himself to take the part of an enrolled candidate will be in violation of Section 31 of the Act, and shall be guilty of an offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine not exceeding two million shillings or both and shall be prohibited from taking an examination conducted by or on behalf of the Council for a period of three years.

• Please ensure that you do not commit any examination irregularity to avoid having your results cancelled.